30/01/2023
A Japanese company gives its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days to compensate for smoking breaks.
Tommy Fitzpatrick stole a small plane in 1956 from New Jersey on a bet and then landed it on the narrow street in front of the bar where he had been drinking in Manhattan. Two years later, he did it again after someone didn't believe he had done it the first time.
On average, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. On average, the closest planet to Pluto is also Mercury.
A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its brain.
There are more public libraries in the US than Starbucks or McDonalds.
More photos were taken in the past seven years than in all of the previous history.
If a Lone Star Tick bites you, you may become allergic to red meat.
There are only two countries in the world that have "The" as part of their country's name.
There's a real music piece name 4′33″ that involves all the musicians just silently holding their instruments.
27/01/2023
Sharks have no bones.
Drinking too much water can be fatal.
Camels originated in North America.
Whale sharks have teeth on their eyeballs.
A town in Pennsylvania has had an uncontrolled fire burning since 1962.
Cosmic Latte is the average color of the universe.
15% of all public corporations in the United States use a drab two-story office space in Delaware as their tax haven including half of all Fortune 500 companies.
Orcas are a natural predator to moose.
There are different sizes of infinity.
26/01/2023
There are only two countries in the world that use the color purple in their flag.
During World War 2 the US created a bomb that used live bats.
Hot water freezes faster than cold water.
The phrase "hands down" comes from horseracing. It refers to a jockey who's so far ahead that he can afford to drop his hands and loosen the reins (usually kept tight to encourage a horse to run) and still easily win.
Babies have 300 bones when born while an adult only has 206 bones.
People living in the southern hemisphere see the moon upside down compared to people living in the northern hemisphere.
The US has lost 6 nuclear weapons.
The couple in the painting "American Gothic" are actually father and daughter and not husband and wife.
Twinkies only have a shelf life of 45 days.
