Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
Oxford was teaching students before Tenochtitlan was founded
Source: Wikipedia
One small thing a day
Learn something surprising every day. Then actually remember it.
Mizca puts one short, true, fascinating fact on your lock screen each morning. A minute to read, a weekly quiz to keep it, and a source behind every word.
Coming soon to iPhone
See a few pillsFree to start. Made for iPhone.Android coming very soon
A taste
Small bites, with more to them than you'd expect.
Every pill takes about a minute. Every pill links to its source.
Venus takes longer to spin once than to orbit the Sun.
Venus turns so slowly that one spin outlasts its year
Source: Wikipedia
The word muscle comes from the Latin for little mouse.
How a little mouse got into your arm
Source: Wikipedia and Wiktionary
France spans more time zones than any other country.
Why France has more time zones than Russia
Source: Wikipedia
How it works
No lessons. No homework. Just one thing worth knowing, every day.
It finds you
Each morning a new pill appears on your lock screen and home screen widgets. Nothing to open, nothing to remember to do.
A minute to read
Short, surprising and written from real sources. Every pill is fact-checked twice and links to where it came from.
You keep it
A short weekly quiz brings pills back right before you'd forget them. Watch what you know grow, month after month.
Topics
Pick what sparks your curiosity.
Four topics at launch, chosen because they never go stale and always have another surprise in them. More are on the way, and you can tell us which ones you'd love.
History
Stories with a twist
Science
Facts that overturn intuition
Words
Tiny origin stories
Geography
The world, reframed
- More topics coming soonSuggest one
Every pill has a source. Every claim is checked.
Pills are written from open, trusted sources such as Wikipedia, museum archives and NASA, checked twice for accuracy, and always link back to where they came from. If we're not sure, we don't publish.
- Wikipedia
- Wiktionary
- NASA
- Open archives
Free and Plus
Start free. Go deeper whenever you like.
Free
The daily habit, no strings.
$0
- A new pill every day, in one topic of your choice
- Lock screen and home screen widgets
- Re-read the last 2 days, and share any pill
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Most curious
Mizca Plus
Every topic, every day. And you keep it all.
Prices coming soon
- A daily pill in every topic you pick
- Weekly quizzes, timed to catch what you're about to forget
- Your full library, saved and searchable
- Help a small team create amazing content
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About
Hello, curious mind.
Our mission is simple: help everyone learn something new every day. Not to become more productive, just because the world is fascinating and a minute of it makes a day better.
We're a small team just getting started. With you on board we'll keep growing: more topics, more languages, more wonder.
The name blends two Spanish words: miga, a crumb, and pizca, a pinch. Small bites, with more to them than you'd expect.