pointpress

home settings sign-up sign-in

First time? sign-up

p

political female figure

Vigdis Finnbogadottir.

political female leader

Benazir Bhutto.

political figure

Margaret Thatcher.

Computer Science

In the 1995 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson finds a portal to the mysterious Third Dimension behind a bookcase, and desperate to escape his in-laws, he plunges through. He finds himself wandering across a dark surface etched with green gridlines and strewn with geometric shapes, above which hover strange equations. One of these is the deceptively simple assertion that P = NP.

animal smart

The power outage caused by an octopus named Otto.

teenage pregnancy statistics drop media television 👶🏿 👨‍👩‍👧

MTV’s '16 and Pregnant' contributed to a record decline in U.S. teen pregnancy.

environmental issue

Soil and Land Pollution.

medicine psychological depression

11% of US working age adults are on antidepressants.

theoldmeadows books

Poetic Reflections of My Meadows Childhood by John (Gibbo) Gibbons.

world phenomenon

The Spotted Lake, Osoyoos.

prize medicine figure

Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize.

space orbit day speed 🌎

A day on Mercury is equivalent to 58 Earth days.

war history

Ancient Tactics in Modern Times.

space signal radio

In 2016, scientists detected a radio signal from a source 5 billion light-years away.

space shape

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was the first celestial object identified as being spiral.

food old preserve

honey doesn't spoil even after thousands of years.

space planet quantity 🌎

There are 5 Dwarf Planets recognized in our Solar System.

health brain

In rare cases, traumatic brain injuries can cause FAS, or foreign-accent syndrome.

war history

The Biggest Explosion by Man.

society media psychology

Living in a dream.

sport figure

Serena Williams.

entertainment history

Billy Haines, the first openly gay celebrity.

human right figure

Alison Bechdel.

politics

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv, 2 Meters apart, Accusing PM of Destroying Democracy..

sport tennis animal

Rufus The Wimbledon anty pigeon Hawk.

nature life

Trees are able to communicate with each other.

galaxy name language 🌎

In China, the Milky Way is known as the “Silver River”.

number math language global

"Billion" is the European name for "Trillion" in the US.

food cream ingredient

Twinkie cream isn’t cream at all.

study medicine

Homeopathic remedies are ineffective.

food expensive

The most expensive pizza in the world.

anxiety problem psychological

Some people with anxiety may actively resist relaxation.

literature historical animal

The Great Cat Massacre.

space light atmosphere 🌎

Uranus’ blue glow is due to the gases in its atmosphere.

philosophy figure

The lessons of Epictetus.

space moon size 🌎

Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is half the size of Pluto.

historical female figure

Joan Beauchamp Procter.

company name coin chance

The name for Hewlett-Packard (A.K.A HP) was decided in a coin toss.

social consensus experiment

People can incorrectly conclude a “false consensus”.

sport food tennis

A yearly order of 27 tons of Kent strawberries.

facebook movie

Released in 2010, The Social Network is a film that chronicles the creation of and drama surrounding Facebook in its early days.

food name history global

Chickpeas have more names than you think.

historical female figure

Jane Addams.

drink taste color chocolate

Hot chocolate tastes better out of an orange cup.

philosophy figure

Søren Kierkegaard.

food vegetable color

Cauliflower comes in multiple colors.

food medicine history

Ketchup used to be used as a medicine.

nature science animal

Portuguese Man o’ War is actually Not a Jellyfish..

animal baby size 👶🏿

A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.

animal

Rorschach Markings of Finch Chicks.

Want to give it a shot? 👻 Make your own point!