FACT OF THE DAY

January 9 2023


Tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding can devastate entire towns at once, but the weather condition that proves deadliest to humans is actually heat.


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History
Turkeys were once worshipped like gods.
October 1 2023
United States
Around 50% of the US lies beneath the ocean.
September 30 2023
History
The U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition to deter people from drinking.
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Life Hacks
In Excel, to highlight the whole row (horizontal) use Shift + Spacebar, and to highlight the whole column (vertical), use Control + Spacebar.
September 28 2023
Food
Fruit-flavored snacks are made with the same wax used on cars.
September 27 2023
Language
The Papuan language of Rotokas only has 11 letters, making it the smallest alphabet.
September 26 2023
Technology
Entire Data of the world can be Stored in 4 grams of DNA.
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Food
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September 24 2023
History
In 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men.
September 23 2023
Spooky
You have tiny maggot-like beings in your eyelashes that feed off your skins natural juices.
September 22 2023
Trivia
After an online vote in 2011, Toyota announced that the official plural of Prius was Prii.
September 21 2023
Human Body
The smallest bone in the body is the stapes bone, which is located in the ear.
September 20 2023
Universe
So once the Sun has eaten up the planets, it will then collapse. It will still weigh a huge amount, but it will be about the size of Earth. After this phase it will be called a white dwarf.
September 19 2023
History
The first car accident occurred in 1891, in Ohio.
September 18 2023
History
Christmas was illegal in the U.S. until 1836 as it was considered an Ancient Pagan Holiday.
September 17 2023
Animals
The Sun Bear has the longest tongue of all bear species 8 to 10 inches long.
September 16 2023
History
A 2018 study of Hitler's teeth, held in Moscow, claims to prove he died after taking cyanide and shooting himself in the head in 1945.
September 15 2023
Movies
The production of "The Maze Runner" had to hire snake wranglers to make sure the areas where they were filming were snake free. Before filming began the wranglers found 25 venomous snakes.
September 14 2023
Sports
The original Stanley Cup was only seven-and-a-half inches high.
September 13 2023
Sports
Jimmy Chitwood, the hero of the film Hoosiers, only has four lines in the entire movie.
September 12 2023