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ALL GOOD FACTS

August 2022

Aug 05

What four-legged creature is the whale's closest relative?

Aug 04

What’s the most expensive thing ever built?

Aug 03

What online innovation was fueled by coffee?

Aug 02

How much water can a ten-gallon hat really hold?

Aug 01

What gym device was used to punish inmates?

July 2022

Jul 31

What happened 12 times a day in Victorian London?

Jul 30

What non-primate has fingerprints like humans?

Jul 29

Which other animals laugh when tickled?

Jul 28

How did shipwrecks influence Japanese cuisine?

Jul 27

What’s even rarer than walking on the Moon?

Jul 26

How did a deaf team transform football?

Jul 25

Where on Earth does “space junk” crash?

Jul 24

How long can lightning bolts get?

Jul 23

What was the original name of the White House?

Jul 22

What unlikely game was once an Olympic event?

Jul 21

How did Ben Franklin try to trick counterfeiters?

Jul 20

Where does wind travel faster than sound?

Jul 19

What unusual body part can butterflies taste with?

Jul 18

What other color footballs were used in the NFL?

Jul 17

Why is there a pig in San Francisco’s airport?

Jul 16

What mythical creatures did Columbus claim to see?

Jul 15

Who owns all the pandas in the world?

Jul 14

What U.S. state is closest to Africa?

Jul 13

How much elbow room do astronauts on the ISS have?

Jul 12

What good can come from snake venom?

Jul 11

How much of your body is blood?

Jul 10

Which humble animals use stars to navigate?

Jul 09

What sport did Abe Lincoln excel at?

Jul 08

What invention was inspired by a melting candy?

Jul 07

What do raindrops really look like?

Jul 06

Before it was a toy, what was Play-Doh used for?

Jul 05

What toy required kids to play with their food?

Jul 04

Why did Marco Polo think he saw unicorns in Asia?

Jul 03

What do babies have more of than adults?

Jul 02

Why is crossing the Amazon River so tricky?

Jul 01

What animal did Greeks mistake for a Cyclops?
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June 2022

Jun 30

What did NASA get very wrong about Sally Ride?

Jun 29

What did Gandhi, surprisingly, never win?

Jun 28

How can heavy rainfall help build bridges?

Jun 27

Why is Wimbledon guarded by a bird?

Jun 26

Which president required a pension?

Jun 25

Why do fingers get wrinkly in the bath?

Jun 24

What technology did Wonder Woman’s creator invent?

Jun 23

Which president ordered 3.5 tons of jelly beans?

Jun 22

America imported what animal to help move west?

Jun 21

Why did Samoa move the International Date Line?

Jun 20

Which fascist dictator was knighted by Britain?

Jun 19

What medical triumph inspired a hit Disney song?

Jun 18

Why do farmers bounce their cranberries?

Jun 17

Have people been hit by meteorites?

Jun 16

What snack package was used to bury its inventor?

Jun 15

President Taft’s appetite inspired what odd toy?

Jun 14

Why is it called a “pound cake”?

Jun 13

Is that really the U.S. Postal Service motto?

Jun 12

Meat-starved Americans almost farmed what animal?

Jun 11

What strange bottle held the first Tabasco sauce?

Jun 10

Why was Kevlar originally made?

Jun 09

Why is Volvo a surprisingly appropriate name?

Jun 08

What religion influenced the Vulcan greeting?

Jun 07

Where on Earth are the most lightning strikes?

Jun 06

How do car companies use robotic butts?

Jun 05

What happens if you eat a dandelion?

Jun 04

What can counting cricket chirps tell you?

Jun 03

Why is “Auld Lang Syne” played daily in Japan?

Jun 02

What can you find out by examining whale earwax?

Jun 01

What does outer space smell like?
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May 2022

May 31

Which animals helped people sleep better?

May 30

What curious paperweight did J.F.K. keep on his desk?

May 29

Which generous mouse visits kids in Spain?

May 28

What popular girl’s name comes from Shakespeare?

May 27

Which famous dueling pistols are owned by a bank?

May 26

Why do mama koalas feed their babies poop?

May 25

Why are there “baker’s dozens”?

May 24

What letter starts more words than any other?

May 23

What was the first domesticated animal?

May 22

Which continent is technically a desert?

May 21

Which countries are “doubly landlocked”?

May 20

What’s the longest-lived vertebrate animal?

May 19

What facial feature is unique to humans?

May 18

Who invented the “Chinese takeout container”?

May 17

Which country uses 99 percent renewable energy?

May 16

Helicopters are used to dry which fruit?

May 15

How much horsepower do horses have?

May 14

What food do “carats” come from?

May 13

How did nachos get their name?

May 12

Which U.S. state has the lowest “highest point”?

May 11

What’s so unusual about calico cats?

May 10

Where is the world’s oldest business?

May 09

Which sneeze from 1894 can you still see?

May 08

How did Bluetooth get its name?

May 07

What do penguins give each other as courting gifts?

May 06

Where is the fifth ocean?

May 05

What does Cinco de Mayo actually celebrate?

May 04

Why does Mrs. have an r?

May 03

Where are Panama hats actually from?

May 02

Do you know all three plurals of octopus?

May 01

Which of our organs uses the most energy?
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April 2022

Apr 30

What makes strawberries so unusual?

Apr 29

Where is the world’s longest tunnel?

Apr 28

How did the Mona Lisa get so famous?

Apr 27

What’s the best-selling novel of all time?

Apr 26

When did Europeans really arrive in North America?

Apr 25

Which country produces the most oil?

Apr 24

What other mammal has a sense of rhythm?

Apr 23

What country beat the U.S. to the Moon?

Apr 22

Why is a zero score in tennis called “love”?

Apr 21

Which huge nation has only one time zone?