FACT OF THE DAY

June 10 2022


There's a computer marketed to the Amish. It has no Internet, no video, no music.


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Life Hacks
Want a quick way to unfreeze a frozen phone? Plug it into its charger.
March 11 2022
Movies
Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman costume on "Batman Returns" was vacuum sealed once she was fitted into it. She had a short amount of time to perform before she could become light headed and pass out.
March 10 2022
Psychology
Putting information in bite-sized pieces helps us remember. Your short-term memory can only hold on to so much information at a time, which is why you use "chunking" to remember long numbers.
March 9 2022
History
Orville Wright, the inventor of the first successful airplane, was involved in the first aircraft accident in history. Orville survived but his passenger died.
March 8 2022
World
Many of the Egyptians died at the age of 30 about 3000 years ago.
March 7 2022
Food
Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell.
March 6 2022
Animals
Hippos milk is bright pink. The reason is that the hippo secrets two kinds of unique acids called "Hipposudoric acid" and "Norhipposudoric acid".
March 5 2022
Human Body
Constipation is caused when too much water is absorbed in the large intestine and the stools become dry.
March 4 2022
Universe
Light from some stars takes so long to travel to our eyes that when you look at the star-speckled night sky you're actually peering deep into the past. NASA's Hubble Telescope can look as far back as 13 billion years ago.
March 3 2022
United States
There are 18.6 million vacant homes in America. There are 3.1 million homeless people.
March 2 2022
History
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.
March 1 2022
World
Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world.
February 28 2022
Language
The United States has no "official language". Most people just assume it's English.
February 27 2022
Animals
Snake smell with their tongue.
February 26 2022
History
One of Hewlett Packard's first ideas was an automatic urinal flusher.
February 25 2022
Food
The leaves of the rhubarb plant are extremely poisonous.
February 24 2022
For Kids
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 6 months.
February 23 2022
Human Body
Between birth and death the human body goes from having 300 bones, to just 206.
February 22 2022
Internet
The very first and popular web browser was known to be Mosiac which started its services in the year 1993 and was a major part of internet till 1997.
February 21 2022
Language
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
February 20 2022