What is the Random Facts API?
The Random Facts API is an Apify Actor I built that gives developers instant access to a database of 1,000+ verified facts covering science, history, nature, and technology.
It's designed for anyone who needs a reliable, structured, cost-efficient source of interesting facts — without scraping, hardcoding, or maintaining a database yourself.
Why I Built This
While building a chatbot side project, I wanted to enrich responses with interesting trivia. Every solution I found was either:
A scraper that broke regularly
A free API with aggressive rate limits and no bulk support
A paid service charging for monthly subscriptions I didn't need
So I built one on Apify's pay-per-event model. You only pay for the facts you actually retrieve.…