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Swimming is a classic summer pastime that can be both invigorating and relaxing. However, there are some who take their underwater efforts to the extreme. Just take Budimir Šobat, for example.

During the spring, there are cherry blossom-viewing picnics in Japan. And in Argentina, it's tradition to picnic for Christmas. However, if you prefer to dine outside in the summer, then you'll be thrilled to find out that there's a picnic-related holiday in August, thanks to Australia

Anyone who enjoys walking in flower-filled fields or spending time gardening in their backyard will likely know that summer is the best time to spot butterflies. Monarch butterflies, with their orange and black wings, spend the summer months in North America before migrating south (or sometimes west) for the winter. You can even track their journey to see if they're passing through your neighborhood

If you have even an ounce of swashbuckling spirit, you can't explore Laguna's ever-eroding cliff sides and cavern-filled canyon trails without daydreaming of pirates," raves the Visit Laguna Beach website.

Have you ever been told that if it gets hot enough in the summer, you could fry an egg on a sidewalk? Well, it's true! In 2015, when it hit a scorching 44° Celsius or around 111° Fahrenheit in Perth, Australia, a man successfully fried some eggs by using the heat that had collected on the sidewalk, according to Delish. Granted, he did use a pan, which is understandable considering that he ended up eating what he'd prepared

These days, the Olympic Games are where top athletes from all over the world come together to compete. However, between 1912 and 1948, the international event also handed out medals for creative practices, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, and music. This tradition ended, though, when it was decided that the artists' professional pursuits conflicted with the nature of the competition.

Cleopatra was an incredibly powerful ruler who could indulge in the kind of luxuries others could never even imagine. For example, when she was vacation on Sedir Island in Turkey, she wasn't satisfied with the beaches. So her lover Mark Antony had the white sand that she preferred brought all the way from Egypt so that she could enjoy it on foreign shores. Sedir is now known as Cleopatra's Island for this reason

Geocaching is an international game that involves players deciphering clues and going on stash-seeking adventures, using GPS and a geocaching app—kind of like a digital/analog combination scavenger hunt. As of 2008, there's even a geocache target to be found on the International Space Station.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign horticulture educator Martha Smith notes in a 2011 article that, back in the 1620s, "tulips were worth more than gold." Why were these particular plants so pricey? "Initially the tulip was a rarity only the very wealthy could afford," she further explains. Indeed, at the time, a single "Rembrandt-type bulb reached the equivalent of $1,500," which "was 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman or the price of a large house.

When you fall asleep at night, do you prefer to be in a fetal position, flat on your back, or sprawled out on your stomach? There may be more to how you sleep than just what makes you comfortable. According to The Telegraph (via Dreams.co.uk), sleep experts have found a correlation between a person's preferred nightly position and their personality. For instance, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service Chris Idzikowski explained that people who opt for the fetal position "may appear tough but are actually sensitive souls right to their core."

There are a lot of things happening in our bodies that we have no control over. For instance, most of us can't control the size of our pupils unless we do something like alter the amount of light that is directed into our eyes. However, in a study published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology in 2021, researchers observed a man who can apparently change the size of his pupil on command. Currently, he is the only individual known to be able to do this—although you could give it a try if you want!

You remember from grade school that all humans are made up mostly from water, but never more so than right after we're born. Newborn babies are 78 percent water, according to NASA, while adults drop down to around 55 percent to 60 percent.