Jan 05 2018
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Technology

Fact #1323: The name hotmail was chosen because it contains HTML

It was originally styled HoTMaiL.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook.com#Launch_of_Hotmail

And after a long hiatus, we’re back!

Mar 24 2017
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Natural World

Fact #1322: Newborn babies cannot shiver.

Source: http://www.sciengist.com/newborn-human-babies-cant-shiver-thats-why-they-have-brown-fat/

Mar 23 2017
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Language

Fact #1321: “Checkmate” comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat” meaning “The King is Dead”.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate#Etymology

Mar 22 2017
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Entertainment

Fact #1320: McDonald’s Monopoly was actually rigged for many years. The man who oversaw the distribution of game peices would give high value ones to friends and split the reward.

Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jan/31/nation/na-mcdonalds31

Mar 21 2017
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Animals

Fact #1319: Reindeer are one of the only mammals that can see UV light, allowing them to see lichen and polar bears against the snow.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy#Reindeer

Mar 20 2017
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Food, Science

Fact #1318: In the 1960s, the sugar industry paid three Harvard scientists $50,000 to say that heart disease was most likely caused by saturated fat.

After their report was published in JAMA, diets concentrating on low fat gained the endorsement of many health authorities.

 

Mar 17 2017
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History

Fact #1317: After large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have led to their extinction without early human farmers.

Source: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-avocado-should-have-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-4976527/

Mar 16 2017
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Animals

Fact #1316: An ox is just a bull that has been trained to pull a plow.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox

Mar 15 2017
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Books

Fact #1315: There’s a version of “The Tortoise and the Hare” where everyone dies in a forest fire because the tortoise, having won the race and therefore seen as the fastest, is given the job of warning everyone.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare#An_ambiguous_story

Mar 14 2017
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Places

Fact #1314: There is a “white man” café in Tokyo where Japanese ladies ring a bell to summon tuxedo-wearing caucasians who respond with “yes, princess?” and serve them cake.

Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2008/01/20/general/savor-the-sensation-of-being-a-princess/#.WP5OC_RHbCQ

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