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2025-02-10 23:26:25

Fact: The "naked recreation and travel" industry has grown by 233% in the past decade

2025-01-26 12:39:40

Fact: Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government

2025-01-15 16:27:21

Fact: Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell

2025-01-07 12:18:13

Fact: The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

2025-01-04 12:14:53

Fact: Each year there are approximately 20 billion coconuts produced worldwide

2025-01-02 09:28:05

On this day: 02/01/69
The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
On this day: 02/01/366
The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
On this day: 02/01/533
Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
On this day: 02/01/1492
Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
On this day: 02/01/1680
Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya
On this day: 02/01/1777
American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
On this day: 02/01/1788
Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
On this day: 02/01/1791
Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
On this day: 02/01/1818
The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
On this day: 02/01/1865
Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.

2024-12-27 20:06:19

Fact: There are some bananas that are red instead of yellow

2024-12-25 16:03:54

Fact: In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum

2024-12-25 04:03:21

Fact: Women smile more than men do

2024-12-23 00:00:55

Fact: The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each

2024-12-22 20:00:44

Fact: Every year Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes, 1,000 of which measure above 3.5 on the Richter scale

2024-12-22 16:00:33

Fact: The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China

2024-12-22 12:00:21

Fact: Mangos are known throughout the world as the "King of Fruits."

2024-12-22 09:26:46

On this day: 22/12/69
Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
On this day: 22/12/401
Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.
On this day: 22/12/856
Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
On this day: 22/12/880
Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
On this day: 22/12/1135
Three weeks after the death of King Henry I of England, Stephen of Blois claims the throne and is privately crowned King of England, beginning the English Anarchy.
On this day: 22/12/1216
Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
On this day: 22/12/1489
The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.
On this day: 22/12/1769
Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with the Qing dynasty withdrawing from Burma forever.
On this day: 22/12/1788
Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
On this day: 22/12/1790
The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

2024-12-22 08:00:10

Fact: Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race

2024-12-22 07:05:45

Fact: Pluto was discovered on February 10, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh

2024-12-22 06:05:34

Fact: The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid

2024-12-22 05:05:23

Fact: In the U.S., 75% of the pencils sold are painted yellow

2024-12-22 04:05:12

Fact: The concept of Boxing Day, which is on December 26th, was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor. It is now viewed in some countries as a time to get merchandise from stores at reduced prices

2024-12-22 03:05:01

Fact: People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper

2024-12-22 02:04:50

Fact: There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic

2024-12-22 01:04:40

Fact: As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice

2024-12-22 00:04:29

Fact: All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873

2024-12-21 23:04:18

Fact: After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years.

2024-12-21 22:04:07

Fact: Four billion pounds of watermelon were grown in the United States in 1999

2024-12-21 21:03:57

Fact: Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve

2024-12-21 20:03:46

Fact: Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years

2024-12-21 19:03:35

Fact: A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why

2024-12-21 18:03:24

Fact: The most popular vacation destinations for Americans in 1956 was Niagara Falls