Educator & Designer-Founded | Ohio & California Collaboration | Kickstarter Success (215% Funded) | Sustainable Materials & Carbon-Offset Shipping
Fun Fact Co. is an educational design studio that specializes in slinging facts in a humorous and captivating way—because learning should scratch that curiosity itch while making you smile. Founded in 2022 by two educators, designers, and friends—Creative Director Raelina Krikston (an accomplished illustrator and graphic artist) and her co-founder—who are both passionate about early childhood education and blending learning with entertainment (or as they call it, "edutainment"), the company was born from a shared frustration with the state of children's media.
Despite kids being incredibly receptive to information when young, so much content aimed at them is what they call "rainbow dribble"—and while there is good educational content out there, it often doesn't attract kids the way candy-like entertainment does. This creates an impossible dichotomy: eat your vegetables or have the candy? Nine times out of ten, kids choose candy. So Fun Fact Co. set out to create something that was both attractive to kids and wholesome—nutritious food for your brain that actually tastes good.
The mission is simple yet revolutionary: create something analog to compete with the ever-growing screen time that permeates everyday life. Taking direct inspiration from short-form social videos (the kind that keep you scrolling endlessly), Fun Fact Co. designs their products to be catchy, addictive, educational, and easily enjoyed in short bursts—but without the screen. Their first product, the Party Mix Trivia Deck, launched on Kickstarter in summer 2023 and crushed its goal at 215% funded within just five days.
This flagship game covers outlandish and sometimes taboo topics like death (yes, death!), alongside space, math (called "Numbers"), animals, and humans—all presented as multiple-choice trivia so everyone has a chance to guess correctly, not just trivia wizards. The questions are bite-sized fun facts designed to be TV-G appropriate for all readers, yet kissed with an upbeat, funny tone that doesn't talk down to kids or bore adults. It's the kind of game where you're often surprised to discover you actually do know more than you think after playing a few rounds.
Since that successful launch, Fun Fact Co. has expanded far beyond trivia decks into a full ecosystem of screen-free edutainment. Their collection now includes educational poster prints on everything from video games and photography to feelings and fun facts about vegetables (yes, vegetables can be interesting!), downloadable activities like People Watching Bingo, and their newest game "Would You Rather?"—a historically relevant card game that serves up snippets of historical context with thought-provoking "this or that" questions designed to spark discussion, help you learn about your friends, and discover more about history simultaneously.
Every product is made with slick visuals and clever wit, designed to poke you right in the curiosity whether you're a nerdy kid or an adult who never outgrew the joy of learning weird facts. The founders, collaborating across Ohio and California thanks to technology, emphasize slow, steady growth and authentic community building over viral fame.
What truly sets Fun Fact Co. apart is their commitment to being heroes, not monsters—which means everything they create uses sustainable materials, non-toxic inks, carbon-offset shipping methods, and any other environmentally-friendly practices they discover along the way. In a world where attention spans are shrinking and screens dominate every moment, Fun Fact Co. offers something refreshingly tangible: games, cards, and art that make learning fun and accessible for the attention-deprived world.
As they proudly state, they're making "fun & educational hub-bub that is captivating for anyone who sees it"—and with customer reviews praising them as "STEM friendly with additions of history and culture" where "nothing was inappropriate for kids," it's clear they've cracked the code on creating content that's both intellectually nutritious and genuinely irresistible. Because when learning feels like play, everyone wins.
