Every Christmas, the US Air Force performs Operation Christmas Drop – airdropping toys and other presents to children who live on remote Pacific islands.
The Irish parliament recently spent…
The Irish parliament recently spent €808,000 on a new printer, and when they discovered it didn’t fit they spent another €236,000 moving walls and reinforcing the building. It remains unused as staff refuse to operate it without a pay rise.
The Irish parliament recently spent…
The Irish parliament recently spent €808,000 on a new printer, and when they discovered it didn’t fit they spent another €236,000 moving walls and reinforcing the building. It remains unused as staff refuse to operate it without a pay rise.
Aluminum Christmas trees were…
Aluminum Christmas trees were a real fad from the late 1950s to the early 1960s until ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ killed the fad by portraying the trees negatively.
During the beginning of invention…
During the beginning of invention of electric appliances, they experimented with electric tablecloths. You could basically plug in an outlet anywhere on the table and the lightbulb would light up. Only downside was that you couldn’t spill any liquids on it.
During the beginning of invention…
During the beginning of invention of electric appliances, they experimented with electric tablecloths. You could basically plug in an outlet anywhere on the table and the lightbulb would light up. Only downside was that you couldn’t spill any liquids on it.
Deadline is 1944 sci-fi story…
Deadline is 1944 sci-fi story about the use of nuclear bomb. It includes topics such as uranium enrichment, methods of isotopic separation and moral questions about the weapon. Author had no knowledge of Manhattan project and came up with the idea from scientific journals.
10 Great Facts to Get Your Day Started on the Right Foot
We all need to get our days started in a positive way. Some people exercise, some do yoga, some meditate, some drink two pots of coffee.
Whatever you do, you can add these facts to your morning routine to make your day even better!
Enjoy!
1. Some things never change…
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2. I did not know that!
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3. Cool!
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4. Time to reset
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5. That’s tragic.
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6. I always feel like…
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7. That’s not good.
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8. A symbol of friendship.
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9. Makes perfect sense.
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10. Justice warriors.
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We hope you enjoyed those facts!
Have a great day!
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10 Interesting Facts to Get You Thinking
We’re almost at the end of the year, and it has been a loooooooong twelve months.
But I’m gonna power through, and I know that you can, too!
So put aside all the worry, turn that frown upside down, and enjoy these 10 wonderful facts that we’ve selected out of our extensive archive.
Let’s see those pearly whites!
1. Kindness for a hero.
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2. A case of the Mondays.
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3. A great idea!
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4. That makes sense.
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5. This is amazing.
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6. Stressed out.
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7. And they never forgot about it…
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8. Put on your dancing shoes!
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9. An end to slavery.
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10. The seas are rising.
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Have a great day, happy holidays, and keep SMILING!
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The Skylab “stowaway” prank
On September 10, 1973, NASA Astronaut Owen Garriott successfully pranked flight controllers by playing a recording of his wife whilst on SkyLab. There were no women on board the space station and was used to make it look like there was a stowaway. Controllers in Houston were startled to hear a woman’s voice beaming down […]