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Did You Know? Everyday, the Earth gets 100 tons heavier due to falling meteoroids and sometimes even big rocks.

  Apr 26, 2020   0   943

Did You Know? In 1937, a major fire broke out at the Fox Film studios in New Jersey. The fire destroyed 75% of their movies, including most of their silent films.

  Apr 26, 2020   0   928

Did You Know? The Flintstones was the most profitable network cartoon franchise for 30 years, that’s before The Simpsons came along.

  Apr 25, 2020   0   1382

Did You Know? A single year lasts only 88 days on Mercury, but thanks again to its slow rotation, a day lasts twice as long!

  Apr 24, 2020   0   794

Did You Know? It takes about 8 minutes for sunlight to travel from the Sun to the Earth.

  Apr 24, 2020   0   1287

Did You Know? Krusty the Clown was originally created to be Homer Simpson's secret identity.

  Apr 23, 2020   0   2795

Did You Know? Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokemon, is autistic.

  Apr 23, 2020   0   1634

Did You Know? Jellyfish "Turritopsis Dohrnii" are considered biologically immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed.

  Apr 22, 2020   0   1401

Did You Know? The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called ‘The Seinfeld Chronicles‘.

  Apr 21, 2020   0   705

Did You Know? There‘s actually a small village in England called ‘Bitchfield‘.

  Apr 21, 2020   0   957

Did You Know? The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD.

  Apr 21, 2020   0   1467

Did You Know? Pablo Picasso was accused of stealing the Mona Lisa.

  Apr 20, 2020   0   997

Did You Know? Camels are born without humps.

  Apr 20, 2020   0   831

Did You Know? The early years of Picasso – he had to burn his own paintings for warmth in his freezing Paris apartment.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   922

Did You Know? When snakes are born with two heads they fight each other for food.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   713

Did You Know? Most ginger cats are male.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   730

Did You Know? A donkey named Monika retired from the Mariinsky ballet in St Petersburg, Russia, in 2008 after 19 years in the ballet Don Quixote.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   895

Did You Know? When a cat blinks slowly at you, it’s a sign of affection referred to as a ‘kitty kiss’.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   746

Did You Know? The male scaly cricket "Ornebius Aperta" from Australia can copulate more than 50 times in three to four hours, all with the same female.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   834

Did You Know? Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   792

Did You Know? Hippos use their sweat as sunscreen.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   619

Did You Know? Hippos use their sweat as sunscreen.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   619

Did You Know? The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years.

  Apr 15, 2020   0   1138

Did You Know? Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% -faster and make 37% -fewer errors.

  Apr 10, 2020   0   1094

Did You Know? The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965.

  Apr 9, 2020   0   766

Did You Know? Sunsets on Mars are blue.

  Apr 4, 2020   0   961

Did You Know? There‘s a cruise ship named ‘The World‘ where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.

  Apr 1, 2020   0   929

Did You Know? India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000).

  Mar 30, 2020   0   782

Did You Know? All clownfish are born male. When the female of the group dies, the most dominant male will turn female.

  Mar 23, 2020   0   870

Did You Know? Pringles were first sold in America in 1968 but were not popular until the mid-1970s.

  Mar 9, 2020   0   942

Did You Know? When Pink Floyd designed the “Animals” album cover, the inflatable pig tied to the power station broke free, causing Heathrow Airport to cancel all their flights.

  Feb 27, 2020   0   1737

Did You Know? The first African-American to walk in space was a UH(University of Houston) alum, Bernard Harris.

  Feb 24, 2020   0   845

Did You Know? The first African-American to walk in space was a UH(University of Houston) alum, Bernard Harris.

  Feb 24, 2020   0   845

Did You Know? A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads to more drinking in less time.

  Feb 12, 2020   0   1002

Did You Know? Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, which drew more visitors to see the empty space than the actual painting.

  Feb 11, 2020   0   1182

Did You Know? Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.

  Feb 6, 2020   0   1178

Did You Know? 'Grammar Pedantry Syndrome' is a form of OCD where someone has a compulsive desire to correct every grammatical error.

  Feb 5, 2020   0   2111

Did You Know? The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing.

  Feb 4, 2020   0   2833

Did You Know? A dentist named Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair.

  Feb 4, 2020   0   1599

Did You Know? The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old.

  Feb 3, 2020   0   1357

Did You Know? On the average, there are 200 tiny seeds on every strawberry.

  Feb 1, 2020   0   1031

Did You Know? Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.

  Feb 1, 2020   0   1322

Did You Know? The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon.

  Jan 29, 2020   0   1419

Did You Know? Herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles.

  Jan 29, 2020   0   1066

Did You Know? Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

  Jan 28, 2020   0   1157

Did You Know? In 2010, there was a major traffic jam in China that lasted for 12 days.

  Jan 28, 2020   0   1203

Did You Know? Turkey vultures use defensive vomit to get rid of any disturbing animal. They can propel their vomit up to 10 feet.

  Jan 28, 2020   0   880

Did You Know? Medical errors are the 6th leading cause of the death in the U.S.

  Jan 28, 2020   0   920

Did You Know? It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the Sun once.

  Jan 27, 2020   0   984

Did You Know? There exists a plankton, Dinoflagellates, which if consumed, reverses your feeling of hot and cold – as well as hallucinations. Symptoms can last from weeks to years.

  Jan 27, 2020   0   3902

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