Last updated: 2026-05-18
This page explains who owns the content on Factsmania and how you may (and may not) use it.
Who owns the content
All the original written content on Factsmania, including encyclopedia articles, summaries, quizzes and any custom diagrams or illustrations, is the copyright of the Factsmania team. Country flags and national symbols are generally in the public domain, but the way they are presented on the Site is part of our overall design and is also covered by copyright.
The Site's layout, design, colour scheme, logo and overall "look and feel" are also our copyright.
What teachers and students can do
We want Factsmania to be useful in school, at home and in the library. You are welcome to do all of the following without asking us first:
- Read, print and share individual pages for personal study or classroom use.
- Quote short passages in school projects or homework, as long as you say where you got the information from (see "How to cite us" below).
- Link to any page on the Site from your blog, social media or class website.
- Use any of the facts you read here in your own writing (facts themselves cannot be copyrighted, only the way we have written them).
What you cannot do without asking
- Copy large chunks of our writing word-for-word onto your own website or app.
- Republish our pages, in whole or in part, in any printed book, magazine or PDF that you sell or distribute commercially.
- Use our content to train artificial intelligence models without our written permission.
- Use the Factsmania name, logo or design to make people think your project is connected with us, when it is not.
How to ask for permission
If you would like to use our content in a way that is not covered above, please get in touch through the contact form. Many requests (especially from schools, libraries, charities and non-profits) are happily granted. Please tell us:
- Which page or pages you would like to use.
- How you plan to use them.
- Whether you are charging anyone money.
- Where the content will appear.
How to cite us
If you want to give Factsmania credit in your school project or homework, you can use a reference like:
"What is an atom?", Factsmania, retrieved [date], from https://factsmania.org/science/chemistry/atoms-and-molecules/what-is-an-atom
Different schools and universities prefer different citation styles. Your teacher will tell you which one to use.
Reporting a copyright concern
If you believe something on Factsmania infringes your copyright, please contact us through the contact form with:
- A link to the page in question.
- A description of the work that you believe has been used without permission.
- Proof that you own the rights (a link to the original, for example).
- Your contact details so we can reply.
We aim to respond to copyright notices within 5 working days.