Picture a map of the world’s lakes. Now imagine more than half of them squeezed into one country. It sounds impossible, yet that’s the reality of Canada—where lakes are so common, you could visit a new one every day for a lifetime and barely make a dent. Canada isn’t just a land of mountains and maple syrup; it’s a water giant, home to 60% of the world’s lakes. While most countries boast a handful of famous lakes, Canada’s landscape is speckled with over two million. These lakes cover nearly 9% of the country’s total land area, a mind-boggling figure that…
Author: The Fact Feed
Picture yourself walking through the bustling streets of Barcelona. The aroma of fresh paella lingers in the air, waves crash along the shore, and street performers captivate passersby near La Rambla. You turn a corner, expecting to see the grand Sagrada Familia, but instead, a towering iron structure dominates the skyline. The Eiffel Tower—right in the heart of Spain. It sounds like an alternate reality, but it nearly became true. Before Paris became home to the world’s most famous landmark, Gustave Eiffel had his sights set on Barcelona. But the Spanish city had other ideas. The Proposal: Eiffel’s Tower Was…
The air is thick with the scent of burning incense. A line of worshippers stands in front of a curious bronze contraption. A man steps forward, drops a coin into the machine, and—like magic—holy water flows into his hands. No priest. No human interaction. Just a machine fulfilling a need, 2,000 years before the modern vending machine. Sounds like something from a sci-fi novel, right? But this was real. This was the work of Hero of Alexandria, a genius who built the world’s first vending machine in the first century AD. The Mind Behind the Machine: Who Was Hero of…