FACT OF THE DAY

February 18 2021


Boxing became a legal sport in 1901.


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Food
You can speed up the ripening of a pineapple by standing it upside down.
July 14 2021
Food
Marketers didn't like the name Chinese gooseberry, so they renamed the fruit "kiwi" after a bird that it resembles.
July 13 2021
Food
Carrots were originally red, purple, yellow or white.
July 12 2021
Movies
The "Schindler List" production team had to gather costumes for 20,000 extras. Poland's bad economy crisis made people eager to sell clothing they still owned from the 1930's and 40's.
July 11 2021
Nature
As for 2020, scientists have confirmed the discovery of over 4000 exoplanets.
July 10 2021
Human Body
The small intestine is roughly 23 feet long.
July 9 2021
Movies
The actors on "The Wolf of Wall Street" snorted crushed B vitamins for scenes that involved coc*ine. Jonah Hill claimed that he eventually became sick with bronchitis after so much inhaling and had to be hospitalized.
July 8 2021
Sports
China did not win an Olympic medal until 1984. At the 2008 Beijing games, the Chinese won 100 medals.
July 7 2021
Human Body
At some point, you may have fought cancer.
July 6 2021
Celebrities
Martin Luther King Jr and Anne Frank would be the same age as Barbara Walters if they were still alive today.
July 5 2021
Internet
Every single possible 3 character .com domain has been registered.
July 4 2021
Nature
Although earthquakes can be deadly, most are very small and not even felt by humans.
July 3 2021
Business
China is the world's largest market for BMW's top-of-the-line 760Li. This car sells for $200,000 in China-more than almost all people in China make in a lifetime.
July 2 2021
History
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
July 1 2021
Spooky
There are completely black chickens that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black tongue, black meat and bones, and even black organs.
June 30 2021
History
Researchers believe that the Guanajuato Mummies' terrible expressions are the result of the victims being buried alive.
June 29 2021
Sports
Fishing is the biggest participant sport in the world.
June 28 2021
Animals
Some sharks eat their unborn siblings. They eat them because they are looking for nutrition to maintain their survival.
June 27 2021
Psychology
Antidepressant drugs, already known to cause sexual side effects, may also suppress the basic human emotions of love and romance.
June 26 2021
Food
Cucumber seeds give you heartburn and cucumbers give you gas.
June 25 2021