FACT OF THE DAY

June 6 2021


Seven of the ten deadliest wars in human history have been in China. The Taiping Rebellion alone had twice as many deaths as Word War 1.


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Almost one-half of world's diamonds come from Central and Southern Africa
June 17 2021
World
Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, about 3000 children every day. Over one million people die from malaria each year, mostly children under five years of age, with 90% of malaria cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa.
June 16 2021
Human Body
There are around 60,000 trampoline injuries every year in the United States.
June 15 2021
Celebrities
Jeremy Renner worked as a makeup artist before he became an actor.
June 14 2021
Science
It takes five positive things to outweigh a single negative thing.
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Internet
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Internet
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History
Women couldn't submit a credit application at a bank without a man until 1974.
June 10 2021
Technology
A robot was created solely to punch human beings in the arm to test pain thresholds so that future robots can comply to the first law of robotics.
June 9 2021
Psychology
Our memories can be so easily manipulated that in just 3 hours you can be convinced you committed a crime in your teenage years, a research found.
June 8 2021
Sports
The first baseball caps were made of straw.
June 7 2021
Sports
The fastest recorded tennis servers are over 155 mph (250 kph).
June 6 2021
Spooky
The FBI estimates that at any given time, there are from 35 to 50 active serial killers in the U.S.
June 5 2021
Food
McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food "heavy users."
June 4 2021
Internet
More users access the Internet with a Chrome browser (64.45%) than any other browser.
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Business
50% of all US businesses are operated from home.
June 2 2021
Psychology
82% of people would feel more confident approaching an attractive person if they had their dog with them, a survey found.
June 1 2021
Language
The first language to be printed was German. It wasn't the first language to be written however but it was printed in a book.
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Psychology
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May 30 2021
Language
The Bible is the most translated book.
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