Random Facts of the Day


NO.
DATE
FACT
1)
03.05.18
The average newborn's head circumference measures about 13 3/4 inches. Tends to grow to about 15 inches by one month.
2)
03.06.18
If a female ferret does not have sex for a year, she will die.
3)
03.07.18
The Western Lowland Gorilla's scientific name is Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla.
4)
03.08.18
A neutron star, on average, spins about 600 times per second.
5)
03.09.18
The known universe is made up of 50,000,000,000 galaxies. There are between 100,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 stars in a normal galaxy. In the Milky Way alone there might be as many 100 billion Earth-like planets. Still think you’re alone?
6)
03.10.18
In 2015, more people were killed from injuries of taking a selfie than by shark attacks.
7)
03.11.18
In a room of just 23 people, there’s a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday.
8)
03.12.18
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called "trailers".
9)
03.13.18
If you shuffle a pack of cards properly, chances are that exact order has never been seen before in the whole history of the universe.
10)
03.14.18
Stephen Hawking was born January 8th, 1942, which is the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. Hawkings died on Albert Einsteins birthday, which also happens to be Pi Day. Coincidence?
11)
03.15.18
McDonald's once made a broccoli flavored bubblegum.
12)
03.16.18
In 1895, there were only two cars in the entire state of Ohio, and the drivers of these two cars crashed into each other.
13)
03.17.18
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
14)
03.18.18
Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
15)
03.19.18
The average person eats about 60,000 pounds of food in their lifetime. That’s about six elephants.
16)
03.20.18
In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
17)
03.21.18
Theres a basketball court above the supreme court It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
18)
03.22.18
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
19)
03.23.18
A traffic jam in China, lasted for more than 10 days, with cars only moving 0.6 miles a day.
20)
03.24.18
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
21)
03.25.18
Only about 12%–30% of the energy from the fuel you put in a conventional vehicle is used to move it down the road, the rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline inefficiencies or used to power accessories.
22)
03.26.18
The Pokemon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based off of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
23)
03.27.18
Dying in the House of Parliaments is illegal.
24)
03.28.18
For every human on Earth, there are 1.6 million ants.
25)
03.29.18
All the matter that makes up the human race could fit in a sugar cube.
26)
03.29.18
Two neutron stars collided and reshaped astronomy forever 2017 will forever be remembered as the year that scientists officially entered the age of gravitational wave astronomy.
27)
03.30.18
Black holes aren't black, just very dark.
28)
03.31.18
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage lead under his cap to stay cool.
29)
04.01.18
Seventy-six percent of people eat the ears on the chocolate bunny first, 5 percent go for the feet and 4 percent for the tail.
30)
04.02.18
There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million.
31)
04.03.18
If you pour a handful of salt into a full glass of water, the water level will actually go down rather than overflowing the glass.
32)
04.04.18
The human body contains enough carbon to provide 'lead' for about 9,000 pencils.
33)
04.05.18
Hippasus was a Pythagorean who was killed for stating that the square root of 2 is irrational.
34)
04.06.18
99% of our solar system's mass is the sun.
35)
04.07.18
Researchers estimate that about one-third of all fish sold in restaurants and grocery stores are mislabeled.
36)
04.08.18
The least interesting day in history was April 11, 1954.
37)
04.09.18
If you don't breathe, you die.
38)
04.10.18
Enough of the suns energy hits the Earth, to power it for a year.
39)
04.11.18
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
40)
04.12.18
Human birth controls work on Gorillas.
41)
04.13.18
If Pinocchio said the statement "My nose will grow now", it would cause a paradox.
42)
04.14.18
France was still executing people by guillotine when the first Star Wars movie came out.
43)
04.15.18
All swans in England belong to the queen.