FACT OF THE DAY

May 13 2022


Cilantro is a member of the carrot family.


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Movies
Justin Timberlake's mom became Ryan Gosling's legal guardian while they filmed the mickey Mouse Club because Ryan's mom had to stay in Canada for work.
February 14 2021
Psychology
Listening to high-frequency music makes you feel calm, relaxed, and happy.
February 13 2021
Animals
A giraffe's tongue is so long that it uses it to clean its ears. The color of the tongue is black.
February 12 2021
Animals
As well as being a famous Looney Tunes character, the Tasmanian Devil is a real animal that is only found in the wild in Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world.
February 11 2021
Animals
The Turritopsis Dohrnii jellyfish is officially known as the only immortal creature in the world. It lives forever.
February 10 2021
Sports
Starting in 1990, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls never had a three-game losing streak for eight years.
February 9 2021
Psychology
People under the influence of power act as if they had suffered a traumatic brain injury, becoming more impulsive, less risk-aware and less adept at seeing things from other people's point of view.
February 8 2021
World
Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.
February 7 2021
Trivia
Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
February 6 2021
World
Madagascar is a unique island country found off the east coast of Africa.
February 5 2021
World
Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, which is still in existence.
February 4 2021
Food
Cucumbers have the highest water content of any vegetable.
February 3 2021
Spooky
If the sun exploded right now, you wouldn't know about it for another eight minutes.
February 2 2021
Food
Apples belong to the rose family, as do pears and plums.
February 1 2021
United States
New York drifts about one inch farther away from London each year.
January 31 2021
Celebrities
Snoop Dogg and Brandy are first cousins.
January 30 2021
General
In Ancient Egypt, priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
January 29 2021
Nature
We still only know a fraction of the marine species in our oceans. 242,500 marine species to be exact, this number grows every year.
January 28 2021
Sports
Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
January 27 2021
History
The first spam email was sent in 1978 over ARPANET by a guy named Gary Thuerk. He was selling computers.
January 26 2021