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03/12/2022

Roe v. Wade Trivia | 30 facts about the landmark decision of the US Supreme Court

Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court about the a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion.

01/12/2022

Herbert Kleber trivia: 25 amazing facts about the famous psychiatrist

Herbert Kleber was a famous American psychiatrist and substance abuse researcher. Google recently honored him with a doodle!

01/12/2022

Italian athletes Simone Frediani and Daniele Pecci earned the world record for the longest tennis rally ever on June 11, 2017. Hitting for more than 12 and a half hours straight—from 6:23 a.m. to 7 p.m.—the two took a total of 51,283 uninterrupted strokes, sipping from water-filled backpacks to hydrate without having to stop play. Any good tennis player will tell you that consistency is crucial, and we're pretty sure these two have that part of the game down pretty darn well.

01/12/2022

Back in 2016, Domino's Japan wanted reindeer to do a little more than just pull Santa's sleigh—they wanted the animals to deliver pizzas to hungry customers. The company released a video of employees tying pizzas to the animals' backs and said customers would be able to track their pies via GPS.

29/11/2022

Dogs tend to make great guard animals, but they're not the only creatures that you can count on to watch your back. In fact, donkeys, dolphins, geese, ostriches, emus, llamas, and alpacas are also used as guard animals around the world—doing everything from protecting sheep to patrolling harbors for the U.S. Navy.

29/11/2022

Way up in space, there's an asteroid by the name of 241 Germania that's 100-miles wide and holds a heck of a lot of minerals. On Earth, those minerals, including hydrocarbons such as oil, would be worth around $95.8 trillion.

25/11/2022

They may not actually fly, but there are some things that are magical about reindeer—specifically, their changing eye color. While their eyes are golden in the summer, they shift to dark blue in the winter to "increase the scatter of reflected light," which accounts for their seasonal vision sensitivity, according to ScienceNews. Amazing!

22/11/2022

Black Friday 2017: The 10 best bargains on kitchen appliances you definitely need!

Looking for cheap kitchen appliances? You got them! We've narrowed down the search and managed to gather the 10 best bargains on kitchen appliances you'll find this Black Friday. You can either buy…

22/11/2022

Amazon Alexa Trivia: 10 awesome facts & things you didn’t know about the Amazon device!

Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot devices developed by Amazon Lab126. It is capable of voice interaction…

22/11/2022

The city of Melbourne, Australia, wants to take care of its trees—so much so that in 2013, they assigned each one an email address so that the public could report any problems—like dangerous branches—that they noticed.

However, instead of sending messages about issues, people began writing love letters to the trees. "My dearest Ulmus," one note began, according to The Atlantic. "As I was leaving St. Mary's College today I was struck, not by a branch, but by your radiant beauty. You must get these messages all the time. You're such an attractive tree."

22/11/2022

Bend your arm at the elbow and flex. What do you see when you look at your bicep? The ancient Romans apparently saw the resemblance of a tiny rodent, which is why it's called a "muscle," a word derived from the Latin term musculus—meaning "little mouse," according to Merriam-Webster.