Mar 10 2017
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Science

Fact #1312: Fabric softeners work by coating the fibers of your clothes in a layer of fat.

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

Mar 09 2017
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Religion

Fact #1311: TIL Israeli elementary schools tend not to use the ‘+’ symbol since it looks like the Christian cross.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_and_minus_signs#Alternative_plus_sign

Mar 08 2017
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Food, Language

Fact 1310: “Sushi” literally means “it’s sour”, which dates back to the method of preserving meat, typically seafood, through fermentation using rice and salt.

Source: http://www.thekitchn.com/what-exactly-is-sushi-103062

Mar 07 2017
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Science

Fact #1309: Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, is the only moon in our solar system with a retrograde orbit – an orbit in the opposite direction its planet, and is thus thought to be a dwarf planet that Neptune caught from the Kuiper belt.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)

Mar 06 2017
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History

Fact #1308: The act of “Booing” originated from people attempting to mimic cattle sounds in order to show disapproval for an event.

Source: http://www.theboobirds.com/boo.htm

Mar 03 2017
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Food, Science

Fact #1307: Ketchup is technically a solid, not a liquid, and there is an entire discipline – rheology – devoted to these sorts of solids.

Source: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/getting-tomato-sauce-out-of-the-bottle-minus-the-mess

Mar 02 2017
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Animals

Fact #1306: When bottle feeding a kitten, you should NEVER put the kitten on their back. Doing so can cause the kitten to drown.

Source: http://snapcats.org/bottlekittens.htm

Mar 01 2017
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Animals, Places

Fact #1305: A plague known as “rat flood” strikes northeastern India every 48 years, in which a horde of rats emerges from the jungle and devours all its path.

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

Feb 28 2017
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Language

Fact #1304: All astronauts have to learn how to speak Russian, and all cosmonauts have to learn how to speak English.

Source: http://www.universetoday.com/101302/want-to-be-an-astronaut-learn-how-to-speak-russian/

Feb 27 2017
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Language

Fact #1303: In Spanish, “esposas” means both “handcuffs” and “wives” and it is not a coincidence.

Source: http://www.ocweekly.com/news/why-is-the-word-in-spanish-for-wives-and-handcuffs-the-same-6433229

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