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FACT-OF-THE-DAY ARCHIVE
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
- Marcus Aurelius

MAR 2014


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3/1/14     Because Saturn is so far from the Sun, the Sun would appear 10 times smaller viewed from Saturn than it does from Earth. On average, Earth receives 90 times more sunlight than Saturn. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/2/14     Thomas Edison built the first power plant, and in 1882 his Pearl Street Power Station sent electricity to 85 buildings. People were initially afraid of electricity and parents would not let their children near the lights. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/3/14     During an average lifetime, the heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood - enough to fill 200 train tank cars. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/4/14     The oldest surviving carpet is the celebrated Pazyryk carpet, which is over 2,000 years old. It was found in the 1940s in a Scythian tomb in southern Siberia. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/5/14     Mumbai (Bombay) is India's largest city, with a population of 15 million. In 1661, British engineers built a causeway uniting all seven original islands of Bombay into a single landmass. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/6/14     The giant panda has been described as a living fossil because it is such an ancient animal. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/7/14     When the mind recalls a memory, it's not the original memory. In fact, the act of remembering is an act of creative reimagination. The put-together memory doesn't just have a few holes; it also has some entirely new bits pasted in. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/8/14     In one week in February 2011, Google received a record 75,000 job applications for 6,000 openings. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/9/14     Studies show that before a man even speaks a word, the way he stands (whether he is slouching or not) counts for over 80% of woman's first impression. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/10/14     Approximately 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/11/14     British soldiers were the first to use special goggles that simulated the brightness of a sunrise. The goggles helped the soldiers stay awake 36 hours without sleep. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/12/14     The first sorority, Adelphean Society (now Alpha Delta Pi), was created at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, GA, in 1851 as a secret society for women. Phi Mu (the Philomathean Society) followed in 1852. They did not take Greek names, however, until 1904. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/13/14     The costliest hurricane worldwide is widely believed to be Hurricane Katrina, with overall damage estimates at over $100 billion. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/14/14     Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains are all formed by Earth's moving plates. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/15/14     The Germans used the first jet fighters in World War II, among them the Messerschmitt ME-262. However, they were developed too late to change the course of the war. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/16/14     On July 1, 2009, shortly after Michael Jackson passed away, his page became the most popular page on Facebook. Previously, the most popular person on Facebook was U.S. President Obama with just over 6 million fans. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/17/14     A baby cannot taste salt until it is 4 months old. The delay may be related to the development of kidneys, which start to process sodium at about that age. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/18/14     About 60-70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/19/14     Studies show that people whose hair turns gray in their 20s and are more than 50% gray by the age of 40 have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/20/14     In November 2009, NASA declared that it had discovered water on the moon that could allow for the development of a space station on the moon. The water is billions of years old, which could give scientists clues into the history of the solar system. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/21/14     Up until 7 months old, a baby can breathe and swallow at the same time. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/22/14     The pipistrelle bat weighs less than two pennies and is only as long as a person's little finger. Yet it can eat 3,000 insects in one night. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/23/14     Common diseases that are caused by nutritional deficiencies include beriberi (vitamin B1-thiamine), pellagra (B3-niacin), anemia (B12-cobalamin), and scurvy (C-ascorbic acid). - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/24/14     Bullies are more likely to engage in vandalism, shoplifting, truancy, and substance abuse than students who do not bully during early childhood. There is also a direct correlation between substance abuse and gun violence and bullying behavior. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/25/14     Corn dextrin, a common thickener used in junk food, is also the glue on envelopes and postage stamps. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/26/14     The heaviest known normal human brain belonged to the Russian Writer Ivan Turgenev, who died in 1883. His brain weighed 4.43 pounds, more than a pound heavier than the average male brain. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/27/14     There is a connection between bullying and being exposed to violence. Unfortunately, by the time an average child enters kindergarten, he will have witnessed 8,000 murders on television. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/28/14     Kentucky has the highest rate of smokers (28.7%) in the U.S., while Utah (11.5%) has the lowest. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/29/14     Studies show that yoga reduces the risk of heart disease by improving arterial flow. Similarly, studies show that yoga also helps treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and asthma. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/30/14     Osteoporosis is the most common and potentially the most debilitating bone disease known to man and woman. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
3/31/14     With age, red wines tend to lose color and will eventually end up a sort of brick red. On the other hand, white wines gain color, becoming golden and eventually brown-yellow. - Provided by RandomHistory.com


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