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September 20 - October 2, 2020
A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram". The most common example is “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
In 1811 and 1812, earthquakes registering 8 on the Richter scale caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
There is a city called Rome on every continent. True fact.
The driest place in the world is in Antarctica. Some locations in this remote continent do not receive precipitation of any form for several years.
If you went out into space unprotected, you would explode first before you suffocate. The absence of air pressure means that your body exerts an outward force that is not counteracted resulting in a miniature explosion.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space. Passing gas in a space suit damages them.
The biggest volcano in the solar system is located on Mars and it is called Olympus Mons. It is about three times as tall as Mt. Everest.
About 97% of all emails sent everyday are spam.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. On a related note, 2,500 left-handed people are killed per year from using products designed for right-handed people.
