diff --git a/src/pages/index.nim b/src/pages/index.nim
index b2032f6..a7b7140 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.nim
+++ b/src/pages/index.nim
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
+import std/[sequtils, strutils, strformat]
 import karax/[karaxdsl, vdom]
-
 import ../components/[search, tag, package]
+import ../context
+
+# TODO: add more "fun" facts?
+proc getFact(): string =
+  let nPackages  = nimpkgsList().filterIt("nim" in toLowerAscii($it.name)).len()
+  result = fmt"Currently {nPackages} packages use the word nim!"
+
+proc funFact(): VNode =
+  buildHtml(tdiv):
+    span(class = "font-bold"): text "Fun Fact"
+    text ": "
+    text getFact()
+
 
 proc render*(): VNode =
   result = buildHtml(tdiv(class = "justify-center")):
     tdiv(class = "flex flex-col space-y-5"):
-      tdiv(class = "md:text-4xl text-2xl font-bold font-mono-casual text-center"):
-        text "discover Nim's ecosystem of third-party libraries and tools"
+      tdiv(class = "text-center"):
+        tdiv(class = "md:text-4xl text-2xl font-bold font-mono-casual my-1"):
+          text "discover Nim's ecosystem of third-party libraries and tools"
+        funFact()
       tdiv(class = "grow md:w-4/5 mx-auto"):
         tdiv(class = "flex flex-col md:flex-row grow"):
           searchBar()
@@ -19,4 +34,3 @@ proc render*(): VNode =
       tdiv():
         tdiv(): text "recently released versions:"
         recentPackageVersionsList()
-