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Today’s fact. The Antikythera mechanism, discovered by sponge divers in 1900, is sometimes called the world's first analog computer. Designed to calculate dates and predict astronomical phenomena, it was so advanced nothing surpassed it for almost 1500 years.
 
Today’s fact. In the early 20th century, the area now known as Glass Beach in California was used as a trash dump. Decades of ocean tides have cleared the beach and polished the discarded bottles and automobile tail lights into colorful pebbles of sea glass.
 
Today’s fact. When Facebook introduced the News Feed in 2006, people freaked out. TIME called it “Gen Y’s first official revolution.”
 
Today’s fact. Earmuffs were invented by a 15-year-old.
 
Today’s fact. Geckos can turn the stickiness of their feet on and off at will.
 
Today‘s fact. Rather than store it, parade officials released a gigantic dachshund balloon into the air at the conclusion of the 1929 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
 
Today’s fact. Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt was allergic to moon dust.
 
Today’s fact. Walt Disney World is a surprisingly popular place for people to scatter their loved one's ashes. Disney, understandably, takes a strong stand against the practice, saying that anyone who brings human remains onto the property will be kicked out.
 
Today’s fact. After passing a kidney stone, in 2006 William Shatner sold it for $25,000 to an online casino. The casino wanted the ensuing publicity; Shatner donated the money to Habitat for Humanity.
 
Today’s fact. The temperature at the polar ice caps—which are cold, arid deserts similar to Antarctica—can reach frigid temperatures of −189.67 degrees Fahrenheit.
 
Today’s fact. Salvador Dalí designed the Chupa Chups logo.
 
Today’s fact. There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
 
Today’s fact. When he’s not busy predicting the weather at Gobbler’s Knob, Punxsutawney Phil—America’s most famous groundhog—lives in the town library with his wife, Phyllis.
 
Today’s fact. Wyoming is home to only two escalators.
 
Today’s fact. Scottish band The Bay City Rollers chose their name after sticking a pin in a map of America, which landed on the Michigan city.
 
Today's fact. The heads on Easter Island have bodies.
 
Today's fact. Shirley Temple reportedly didn't love her famous curls; she preferred the cropped hairstyle of her hero Amelia Earhart.
 
Today's fact. In the 1880s, a baboon worked as a signalman for nine years on a South African railroad. He was paid in brandy and never made a mistake.
 
Today's fact. Family Feud host Richard Dawson met his second wife, Gretchen Johnson, when she was a contestant on the show in 1981. And yes, he kissed her.

If he was doing that today he would've been cancelled instantly. lol
 
Today's fact. The three dots on the Domino's logo represent the chain's three original locations. Co-founder Tom Monaghan originally planned to add a new dot for every pizzeria he opened.
 
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