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

APR 2020


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4/1/20      A Spartan specialty was a black soup made from salt, vinegar, and blood. No one in the rest of Greece would drink it.
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4/2/20      Most snakes have an elongated right lung, many have a smaller left lung, and a few even have a third lung. They do not have a sense of taste, and most of their organs are organized linearly. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/3/20      Penguins often slide on their tummies over ice and snow. This is called tobogganing. Researchers believe they do this for fun and as an efficient way to travel. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/4/20      Coca-Cola has traditionally been considered a wonder cure for almost everything, including hiccups, colic, low libido, and jellyfish-sting pain. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/5/20      The largest firework show in the United States is the Macy’s “Lights Up the Night” show in New York over the Hudson River on July 4th. The show includes over 40,000 shells, and more than 3 million people watch the spectacle. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/6/20      Yellowstone National Park is also a designated World Heritage Site and designated Biosphere Reserve. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/7/20      Officials other than presidents can be impeached. Examples include 15 federal judges, a senator (William Blount in 1779), and a cabinet secretary (William Belknap in 1876). Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/8/20      The goliath frog is the largest frog in the world, and is only found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. The frog weighs about the same as a domestic house cat, and reaches up to a foot long. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/9/20      A group of tigers is called an ambush. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/10/20      By the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/11/20      Opera composers would sometimes hire a group of people to cheer their works or boo the works of their rivals. This group was called a claque (clapping) and was common at European opera performances. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/12/20      The unofficial names of many rocks on the surface of Mars are easy-going names, such as Barnacle Bill, Yogi, Pop-Tart, Shark, Half Dome, Moe, Stimpy, and Cabbage Patch. Scientists chose these names because they were convenient to remember. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/13/20      When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/14/20      Celiac disease has over 200 symptoms, including joint pain, fatigue, tingling, numbness in the legs, pale sores in the mouth, and a skin rash known as dermatitis herpetiformis. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/15/20      The mom with the most kids is Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev of Russia. She gave birth to 69 children between 1725 and 1765. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/16/20      Solar flares are jets of particles that burst from the sun and can disrupt satellite communications and knock out electricity on Earth. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/17/20      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
4/18/20      Ancient Greeks used beets to treat a wide range of ailments, such as headaches, constipation, toothaches, wounds, and skin problems. In fact, beets were so highly regarded that they were often used as an offering to the god Apollo. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/19/20      Venezuela has designated more of its land to conservation than any other country in the world. Nearly 54% of its land is protected. Slovenia (53.6%) and Monaco (53.4%) round out the top three. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/20/20      Calvin Graham was only 12 years old when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before the Navy found out how old he was. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/21/20      In 1811, 32-year-old Joseph Story became the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court. He is one of the most renowned Constitutional scholars in American history and one of the greatest scholars to serve on the Supreme Court. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/22/20      In computer science, a zombie is a computer that has been taken over by a virus, a Trojan horse, or a hacker. Most owners of zombie computers are unaware their computers have been compromised. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/23/20      At its zenith in the 18th century, the British Empire stretched 20% of the world’s surface and contained a quarter of the world’s population. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/24/20      Opened in 1900, the Paris Metro is one of Europe's oldest subway systems. It serves over 5 million travelers a day and is the second busiest metro system in Europe, after the Moscow Metro. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/25/20      There are ten times more bacteria cells in your body than human cells. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/26/20      "Emetophobia" is the fear of vomiting. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/27/20      Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi was the first man to fly a significant distance, using artificial wings to fly across the Bosporus Straits in the 17th century, thus making the world’s first intercontinental flight 270 years before the Wright Brothers. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/28/20      Because dolphins are connected to their mothers by an umbilical cord inside a womb, dolphins have belly buttons. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/29/20      For a 700-year period, Estonia was ruled by Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian invaders; they finally gained their independence in 1918—only to lose it again in 1940, when the USSR forcibly incorporated it into their Union. Provided by FactRetriever.com
4/30/20      Founded in 1752 as an animal menagerie by Emperor Franz Stephan, Vienna’s Schönbrunn Tiergarten is the oldest zoo in the world. Provided by FactRetriever.com


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