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

JUN 2021


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6/1/21      A 100 lb. person on Earth would weigh just under 3 pounds on Charon. A 100 lb. person on Charon would weigh just over 3, 503 pounds on Earth. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/2/21      De architectura libri decem, or The Ten Books on Architecture, written by the Roman Vitruvius, is the oldest surviving garden design manual, dating from 27 B.C. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/3/21      The fastest fish is the sailfish. It can swim as fast as a car travels on the highway. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/4/21      Mars 2, built by the former Soviet Union, has the bittersweet distinction of being the first human-built object to touch down on Mars in November 1971. Unfortunately, it crashed into the surface during a massive dust storm. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/5/21      Evidence in Peru suggests that popcorn existed as early as 4700 B.C., making it one of the oldest forms of corn. Peruvians didn’t just pop their corn; they also ground it into flour to cook in other ways. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/6/21      Shakespeare added 1,700 words to the English language during his lifetime. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/7/21      Actor Jimmy Stewart was rejected by the military after he was drafted—he was too thin. As a show of patriotism, Stewart went on a weight-gaining diet, hoping to reverse the decision. He was accepted by the Air Force after making weight and served in WWII with distinction. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/8/21      The gas cloud surrounding the stars in the constellation Aquila contains enough alcohol to make 400 trillion pints of beer. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/9/21      Monarch butterflies are named after King William III (aka Prince of Orange), who mentions their orange color. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/10/21      In 1768, French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville named the islands of Samoa the "Navigator Islands," as he found the people to have great navigational skills for sailing and trading with nearby islands. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/11/21      Parts of the Great Wall of China were surrounded by defensive moats, which were either filled with water or left as ditches. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/12/21      India is the birthplace of chess. The original word for “chess” is the Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning “four members of an army”—which were mostly likely elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/13/21      While the buttercup looks innocent, it is among the more deadly garden plants. If eaten, this innocent-looking flower can cause painful death resulting from organ and nervous system intoxication. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/14/21      Silver was once mined in a German town called "Joachim's Valley." Coins minted from this mine were called "joachmisthaler," which was shortened into "thaler," which later morphed into the word "dollar." Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/15/21      The only venomous lizard in the United States, the Gila monster, lives in Arizona and Mexico, the extreme southeastern corner of California, the southern tip of Nevada, and the southwestern corners of Utah and New Mexico. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/16/21      The Sedlec Ossuary (“Church of Bones”) is a small Roman Catholic Chapel in the Czech Republic. It uses 40,000–70,000 human skeletons as decorations. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/17/21      Giraffe necks can be up to six feet long (1.8 meters) and can weigh up to 600 pounds (272 kilograms). Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/18/21      Beet juice can indicate the acidity of a solution. If a solution turns pink when beet juice is added, it is an acid. If it turns yellow, the solution is alkaline. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/19/21      All of Uranus's 27 moons are named after characters from William Shakespeare's plays or characters in the works of Alexander Pope. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/20/21      In December 1952, air pollution in London created fatal smog that immediately killed 4,000 people and then 8,000 more in the following weeks. Burning coal was the main cause. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/21/21      Because earthquake-prone Japan had placed high-tech sensors around the country after its 1995 quake, Japan’s 2011 earthquake is the best-recorded earthquake in history. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/22/21      Some Mexican free-tailed bats can fly up to 250 miles (402 km) in a single night. They can fly up to 10,000 feet (3,048 m) high and reach speeds up to 60 miles per hour (97kph). Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/23/21      Isaac Newton was born prematurely and was so small that people did not expect him to live. It is estimated that he may have been born up to 15 weeks early. Provided by FactRetriever.com
6/24/21      Lighting hasn't brought down a plane since 1963, due to careful engineering that lets the electric charge of a lightning bolt run through the plane and out of it. Provided by factslides.com
6/25/21      By 2018, the U.S. had 101 people who owed at least $1 million in federal student loans. Provided by Wall Street Journal
6/26/21      For many Icelanders, WW2 is known as the blessed war because Iceland has the war to thank for its independence. Provided by The History Channel
6/27/21      Bats practice social distancing too. In a new study, researchers demonstrate that sick bats, just like ill humans, prefer to stay away from their communities, probably as a means for recovery and possibly also as a measure for protecting others. Provided by Science Daily
6/28/21      In 1916, there was a proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote. Anyone voting "yes" would have to register as a volunteer for service in the army. Provided by Huffington Post
6/29/21      General Electric is the only company remaining from the original Dow Jones index of 1896 with it's original name. Provided by Business Insider
6/30/21      As global temperatures rise, flowers are emitting less scent. Provided by Plant, Cell and Environment


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