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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   787

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   756

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   1182

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   659

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

  Apr 24, 2020   0   977

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

  Apr 23, 2020   0   2488

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

  Apr 23, 2020   0   1124

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   1167

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

  Apr 21, 2020   0   588

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

  Apr 21, 2020   0   730

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   1222

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

  Apr 20, 2020   0   785

Did You Know? Camels are born without humps.

  Apr 20, 2020   0   678

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   730

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

  Apr 17, 2020   0   587

Did You Know? Most ginger cats are male.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   587

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   674

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   587

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   691

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

  Apr 17, 2020   0   648

Did You Know? Hippos use their sweat as sunscreen.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   498

Did You Know? Hippos use their sweat as sunscreen.

  Apr 17, 2020   0   498

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

  Apr 15, 2020   0   798

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   853

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

  Apr 9, 2020   0   632

Did You Know? Sunsets on Mars are blue.

  Apr 4, 2020   0   801

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   802

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

  Mar 30, 2020   0   639

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   714

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

  Mar 9, 2020   0   746

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   1462

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

  Feb 24, 2020   0   725

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

  Feb 24, 2020   0   725

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   876

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   975

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

  Feb 6, 2020   0   998

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   1626

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

  Feb 4, 2020   0   2100

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

  Feb 4, 2020   0   1299

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

  Feb 3, 2020   0   1143

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

  Feb 1, 2020   0   841

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

  Feb 1, 2020   0   1066

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

  Jan 29, 2020   0   1133

Did You Know? Herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles.

  Jan 29, 2020   0   887

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

  Jan 28, 2020   0   959

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

  Jan 28, 2020   0   1014

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   755

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

  Jan 28, 2020   0   798

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

  Jan 27, 2020   0   808

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   3567

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