FACT-OF-THE-DAY ARCHIVE
"Our life is what our thoughts make it."
- Marcus Aurelius
APR 2016

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4/1/16	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
4/2/16	The world's largest hamburger was eaten in Rutland, North Dakota. It weighed 3,591 pounds and more than 8,000 people were invited to the meal. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/3/16	Colleges have rescinded admission offers based on applicants' "bait and switch," or when students register for a full load of classes to impress the college and then drop a few after the student receives Early Decision. Early Decision is a binding early admission to a university. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/4/16	Regardless of the number of sexual partners a man or woman has been with, the more attractive a presumed new sexual partner is, the less likely a person is to take safe-sex precautions. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/5/16	In Iran, there is no legal category for marital rape because a woman is her husband's property. If there are signs of abuse, male members of her family may threaten her husband, but it is not the duty of the police. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/6/16	In 2008, Haiti had only 108,000 telephone lines. The country with the most telephone lines in 2008 was China with 356,600,000. The United States was second with 150,000,000. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/7/16	Solar flares are jets of particles that burst from the sun and can disrupt satellite communications and knock out electricity on Earth. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/8/16	The greatest single loss of life in the history of the British army occurred during the Battle of Somme, when the British suffered 60,000 casualties in one day. More British men were killed in that one WWI battle than the U.S. lost from all of its armed forces and the National Guard combined. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/9/16	The highest temperature ever recorded in Texas was 120 degrees F in Seymour on August 12, 1936. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -23 degrees F at Tulia in 1899 and at Seminole on February 8, 1933. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/10/16	During the Middle Ages, plastic surgery was typically deemed pagan and sinful because the spilling of blood by a surgeon and the power the surgeon had over the body were akin to magic. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/11/16	Inefficient appliances, drafty windows and doors, poor insulation, and other fixable energy wasters cost U.S. consumers an estimated $300 billion a year - more than the U.S. military budget. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/12/16	Cocaine overdose is the most common reason for drug-related visits to the emergency department in the U.S., causing 31% of such visits. In 1978, cocaine accounted for only 1% of drug-related emergency room visits. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/13/16	The first dinosaurs were carnivores, or meat eaters. Later herbivores (plant eaters) and omnivores (both meat and plant eaters) appeared. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/14/16	Mars has the largest and most violent dust storms in our entire solar system. These storms often have winds topping 125 mph, can last for weeks, and can cover the entire planet. They usually occur when Mars is closest to the sun. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/15/16	More than 62 million Americans since 2004 have been exposed to substandard tap water. This exposure has lasted for years for some people. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/16/16	There are over 4,000 accredited colleges and universities in the U.S., enrolling over 15 million students and granting over two million degrees a year. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/17/16	In the Chinese Tang dynasty, anyone with an education was expected to greet as well as say goodbye to another person in poetic verse composed on the spot. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/18/16	The moon's phases have historically been linked with madness, and the word "lunatic" comes from this association. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/19/16	Canada is known as the home of large animals like the moose and grizzly bear, but it is also home to about 55,000 species of insects and about 11,000 species of mites and spiders. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/20/16	One in three teenagers has experienced violence in a dating relationship. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/21/16	At around 6 months old, a baby learns that each object is unique. Before this time, whenever it sees a bird in a tree, it always assumes it was the same bird. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/22/16	There are approximately 32,000 different kinds of fish in the world today, which is more than all the other kinds of vertebrates combined. Scientists are discovering new species all the time. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/23/16	Children with autism may experience coexisting conditions, such as fragile X-syndrome, epileptic seizures, tuberous sclerosis, Tourette syndrome, learning disabilities, and ADD. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/24/16	The average life expectancy on the African continent ranges from 74 years in the island nation of Mauritius to just under 32 years in sub-Saharan Swaziland. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/25/16	Approximately 130,000 computers are thrown out every day in the U.S. Over 100 million cell phones are thrown out annually. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/26/16	Cartilage is one of the few tissues that grows throughout life. Between ages 30 and 70, a nose might grow half an inch, and the ears grow about a quarter of an inch. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/27/16	Sugar and cocoa are often added to cigarettes, a fact many diabetic smokers are unaware of. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/28/16	Tax evasion has been noted as an important contributing cause to the fall of the Roman Empire. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/29/16	The United States has the most cases of breast cancer in the world. - Provided by RandomHistory.com
4/30/16	A 2007 poll found that 1/3 of workers, or 54 million Americans, reported workplace bullying. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

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