FACT OF THE DAY

June 21 2022


If someone finds a security bug in Facebook's code than Facebook is willing to pay big bucks (like $500 or more) to you tell them about it.


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History
Richard Nixon was a great musician, he played the piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and the violin.
July 16 2023
Sports
The longest tennis match took place in 2010 at Wimbledon. John Isner of the United States beat Nicolas Mahut of France in a match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes. It took 3 days to complete.
July 15 2023
Human Body
The human face is made up of 14 bones.
July 14 2023
Nature
Human activity in the last 500 years has brought extinction upon more than 800 species.
July 13 2023
United States
The Four Corners Monument is the only spot in the US where you can stand in four states at once: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
July 12 2023
History
Saddam Hussein was given the key to the city of Detroit.
July 11 2023
Food
Each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die.
July 10 2023
World
Switzerland forbids late-night trips to the bathroom and flushing the toilet paper after 10PM to avoid the noise pollution.
July 9 2023
Internet
The most popular thing to do online is send emails.
July 8 2023
Psychology
People are more attracted to those that they share a level of attractiveness with, or, in other words, are equally socially desirable. Even if successful couples differ in physical attractiveness, one of them usually compensates for it with other socially desirable qualities.
July 7 2023
Movies
South Korean film Parasite wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bong Joon-ho.
July 6 2023
Trivia
Hallmark now sells a line of "encouragement" cards you can send to people who've lost their job.
July 5 2023
Human Body
People with allergies can lower allergy reactions by laughing.
July 4 2023
Trivia
The Procrastinators Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.
July 3 2023
World
90% of the world's fresh water is in Antarctica.
July 2 2023
Sports
Mickey Mantle was originally a shortstop but after making 102 errors in his last two seasons in the minors, he was moved to the outfield.
July 1 2023
Sports
In the MLB game, a single baseball is used only once.
June 30 2023
Psychology
The feeling of Certainty can be triggered without the need for facts or reasoning, using electric stimulation over a specific part of the brain.
June 29 2023
History
Only once in history has one submarine deliberately sunk another submerged submarine.
June 28 2023
Human Body
All of your thinking is done by electricity and chemicals.
June 27 2023