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12/1/17	Minnesota is the unofficial Norwegian capital of the United States, and more Norwegians live in Minnesota than in any other state. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/2/17	All the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas would equal 364 gifts. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/3/17	According to NASA, autumn is “aurora season” because geomagnetic storms are about twice as frequent as the annual average during the fall. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/4/17	Generally, a concussion is not accompanied by loss of consciousness. It is possible, and fairly common, for people to have a concussion and not even realize it. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/5/17	Americans eat approximately 350 slices of pizza per second. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/6/17	St. Nicholas is the world's most popular non-Biblical saint. He has over 2,000 churches dedicated to him in France and Germany, and 400 in England. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/7/17	The world's largest Christmas stocking measured 106 feet and 9 inches (32.56 m) long and 49 feet and 1 inch (14.97 m) wide. It weighed as much as five reindeer and held almost 1,000 presents. It was made by the Children's Society in London on December 14, 2007.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/8/17	The word "tattoo" derives from the Polynesian word "ta" ("to strike"), which describes the sound of a tattooing spike being knocked on skin. The first recorded references to the word "tattoo" is in the papers of Joseph Banks (1743-1820), a naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship. Before Captain Cook brought the word to Europe, tattoos in the West were known as "prics" or "marks." - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/9/17	Historians posit that knitting is a relatively recent invention because there are no ancient legends of knitting like there are legends of spinning and weaving, such as Arachne, Ixazaluoh, Nephthys, and Amaterasu. There are no ancient gods or goddesses who knit. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/10/17	Despite decades of public health efforts to educate the public on the importance of protection from UV radiation, over 30 million people tan indoors a year in the United States. Approximately 71% of tanning salon patrons is girls and women aged 16-29. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/11/17	In ancient Egypt, cosmetics were an integral part of hygiene, health, and ritual. Pills and creams protected against the sun and dry winds, and oils were used in perfumes in religious rituals. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/12/17	Happy people embrace failure. Failing is a way to figure out what works, and then making changes that lead to happiness and success. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/13/17	Although human trafficking is often a hidden crime and accurate statistics are difficult to obtain, researchers estimate that more than 80% of trafficking victims are female. Over 50% of human trafficking victims are children. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/14/17	Approximately 2,300 Americans are reported missing-every day. This includes both children and adults. This does not include Americans who have vanished in other countries, individuals who disappear and are never reported, or the homeless and their children. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/15/17	Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/16/17	A cat's hearing is better than a dog's. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/17/17	There are more bacteria in a human mouth than there are people in the world. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/18/17	The earliest drawings of wolves are in caves in southern Europe and date from 20,000 B.C. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/19/17	Many parents and educators believe that the increased autonomy charter schools enjoy leads to better, more student-centered learning. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/20/17	In the United States, surveys reveal that teachers are second only to military personal as the occupation that contributes most to society's well-being. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/21/17	Over 70% of America's inmates cannot read past a 4th grade level. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/22/17	The majors with the best pay include Engineering, Economics, and Physics. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/23/17	Mozart wrote his first opera, Bastien und Bastienne, a parody of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's operatic intermezzo Le devin du village (The Village Soothsayer), when he was only 12 years old. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/24/17	The traditional three colors of Christmas are green, red, and gold. Green has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/25/17	The British wear paper crowns while they eat Christmas dinner. The crowns are stored in a tube called a "Christmas cracker." - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/26/17	Snow appears white because snow is a bunch of individual ice crystals arranged together. When light hits snow, it bounces all around the ice crystals and the "color" of all the frequencies in the visible spectrum combined in equal measure is white. While white is the color we see in snow, individual ice crystals are actually translucent. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/27/17	Potato chip bags are not full of air. Rather, they are filled with nitrogen gas. The nitrogen prevents the chips from oxidizing, or turning stale. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/28/17	The origin of the doughnut is unknown, though different nationalities have had their own version of the treat throughout history. A type of doughnut is even mentioned in the Bible. Specifically, Chapter 7 and verse 12 of Leviticus says that a thanksgiving to God should be made of "cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried." - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/29/17	The smallest McDonald's restaurant is only 492 square feet. It is in Tokyo, Japan. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/30/17	Nearly all cacao trees grow within 20 degrees of the equator, and 75% grow within 8 degrees of either side of it. Cacao trees grow in three main regions: West Africa, South and Central America, and Southeast Asia/Oceania. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/31/17	While pizza in some form has been baked since antiquity, the first "official" pizzeria opened in Naples around 1830. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

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DEC 2017

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DATE	FACT OF THE DAY
12/1/17	Minnesota is the unofficial Norwegian capital of the United States, and more Norwegians live in Minnesota than in any other state. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/2/17	All the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas would equal 364 gifts. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/3/17	According to NASA, autumn is “aurora season” because geomagnetic storms are about twice as frequent as the annual average during the fall. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/4/17	Generally, a concussion is not accompanied by loss of consciousness. It is possible, and fairly common, for people to have a concussion and not even realize it. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/5/17	Americans eat approximately 350 slices of pizza per second. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/6/17	St. Nicholas is the world's most popular non-Biblical saint. He has over 2,000 churches dedicated to him in France and Germany, and 400 in England. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/7/17	The world's largest Christmas stocking measured 106 feet and 9 inches (32.56 m) long and 49 feet and 1 inch (14.97 m) wide. It weighed as much as five reindeer and held almost 1,000 presents. It was made by the Children's Society in London on December 14, 2007.- Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/8/17	The word "tattoo" derives from the Polynesian word "ta" ("to strike"), which describes the sound of a tattooing spike being knocked on skin. The first recorded references to the word "tattoo" is in the papers of Joseph Banks (1743-1820), a naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship. Before Captain Cook brought the word to Europe, tattoos in the West were known as "prics" or "marks." - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/9/17	Historians posit that knitting is a relatively recent invention because there are no ancient legends of knitting like there are legends of spinning and weaving, such as Arachne, Ixazaluoh, Nephthys, and Amaterasu. There are no ancient gods or goddesses who knit. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/10/17	Despite decades of public health efforts to educate the public on the importance of protection from UV radiation, over 30 million people tan indoors a year in the United States. Approximately 71% of tanning salon patrons is girls and women aged 16-29. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/11/17	In ancient Egypt, cosmetics were an integral part of hygiene, health, and ritual. Pills and creams protected against the sun and dry winds, and oils were used in perfumes in religious rituals. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/12/17	Happy people embrace failure. Failing is a way to figure out what works, and then making changes that lead to happiness and success. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/13/17	Although human trafficking is often a hidden crime and accurate statistics are difficult to obtain, researchers estimate that more than 80% of trafficking victims are female. Over 50% of human trafficking victims are children. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/14/17	Approximately 2,300 Americans are reported missing-every day. This includes both children and adults. This does not include Americans who have vanished in other countries, individuals who disappear and are never reported, or the homeless and their children. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/15/17	Christmas trees usually grow for about 15 years before they are sold. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/16/17	A cat's hearing is better than a dog's. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/17/17	There are more bacteria in a human mouth than there are people in the world. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/18/17	The earliest drawings of wolves are in caves in southern Europe and date from 20,000 B.C. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/19/17	Many parents and educators believe that the increased autonomy charter schools enjoy leads to better, more student-centered learning. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/20/17	In the United States, surveys reveal that teachers are second only to military personal as the occupation that contributes most to society's well-being. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/21/17	Over 70% of America's inmates cannot read past a 4th grade level. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/22/17	The majors with the best pay include Engineering, Economics, and Physics. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/23/17	Mozart wrote his first opera, Bastien und Bastienne, a parody of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's operatic intermezzo Le devin du village (The Village Soothsayer), when he was only 12 years old. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/24/17	The traditional three colors of Christmas are green, red, and gold. Green has long been a symbol of life and rebirth; red symbolizes the blood of Christ, and gold represents light as well as wealth and royalty. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/25/17	The British wear paper crowns while they eat Christmas dinner. The crowns are stored in a tube called a "Christmas cracker." - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/26/17	Snow appears white because snow is a bunch of individual ice crystals arranged together. When light hits snow, it bounces all around the ice crystals and the "color" of all the frequencies in the visible spectrum combined in equal measure is white. While white is the color we see in snow, individual ice crystals are actually translucent. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/27/17	Potato chip bags are not full of air. Rather, they are filled with nitrogen gas. The nitrogen prevents the chips from oxidizing, or turning stale. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/28/17	The origin of the doughnut is unknown, though different nationalities have had their own version of the treat throughout history. A type of doughnut is even mentioned in the Bible. Specifically, Chapter 7 and verse 12 of Leviticus says that a thanksgiving to God should be made of "cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried." - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/29/17	The smallest McDonald's restaurant is only 492 square feet. It is in Tokyo, Japan. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/30/17	Nearly all cacao trees grow within 20 degrees of the equator, and 75% grow within 8 degrees of either side of it. Cacao trees grow in three main regions: West Africa, South and Central America, and Southeast Asia/Oceania. - Provided by FactRetriever.com
12/31/17	While pizza in some form has been baked since antiquity, the first "official" pizzeria opened in Naples around 1830. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

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