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What happened today in history? Find out what notable, interesting, and funny historical events occured on today's date in history.
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up! Sheikh Hamad, billionaire and royal family member in the United Arab Emirates, had a huge carving of his name that's even visible from space etched into a private island.
After octopuses breed, they develop dementia. They then live the rest of their lives in this confused, seemingly lost state, with apparently no knowledge of previous events. For the octopus, reproduction is the ultimate goal in life.
Many of inventions that we use on a daily basis were invented as a by-product of another technology. Some accidentally, like the microwave. It happened in 1946, when a man named Dr. Percy Spencer, an engineer at the Raytheon Corporation, was testing a magnetron - a new vacuum tube at the time.
Everybody farts, so why not learn the facts behind the farts with our list of hilarious and interesting fart facts and trivia. 8 years ago. Chewing Gum Farts.
Funny facts tailored to putting a smile on your face. These fun facts are typically amusing and will make you laugh. 6 years ago. Rosa Parks Highway. In 2000, the KKK adopted a stretch of highway near St Louis, the MO government responded by renaming the road the “Rosa Parks Highway.”. 54.
During development at Pixar, Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted, but was recovered by an employee who saved the movie to her computer at home while on maternal leave.
I have added a nifty Today in History section to Fun Facts where you can view notable events that occured in history on the same day as the present day. I intend on building up this section to include more historical events and adding the ability to navigate through events of different days.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. After cocoa beans are harvested they need to be fermented. This means that they are put in an earthen pit near where they are harvested and covered with leaves.