I’m a lover of the weird and wonderful things in this world.
My friends know me for my extensive library of random fun facts. They come from books, podcasts, TikToks… everywhere.
As an illustrating challenge, I decided to illustrate a few of my favorites either digitally or with a more tactile medium like watercolor.
I’ll be uploading them here, so stay tuned to learn something fun.
The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia.
“Mad honey” is a hallucinogenic, potentially fatal type of honey made when bees collect pollen from plants like rhododendrons (that contain grayanotoxin).
Artificial lemon flavoring is synthesized from turpentine, the paint thinner!
Fun Fact: Sperm whales have brains are 5x the size of human brains.
Clownfish communicate by making popping noises. (This fact reminded me of Pennywise's balloons... and he's a clown soooo.... here's a watercolor illustration.)
Avocados were once called "alligator pears".