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Today's fact. Green eyes are extremely rare: only 2 percent of the population has them, and they’re more common in females than males.
 
Today's fact. The “Jolene” character in Dolly Parton’s hit song is based on a real person: a bank teller who would flirt mercilessly with Dolly’s husband.
 
Today's fact. The Eiffel Tower leans slightly toward the shade on sunny days.
 
Today's fact. Continental plates drift as fast as fingernails grow.
 
Today's fact. Many people are either right- or left-eared and eyed in the same way we're right- or left-handed.
 
Today's fact. Honey hunters in Mozambique use special calls to recruit the services of birds known as honeyguides. The birds lead the humans to bees' nests and in return, they get the leftover beeswax.
 
Today's fact. At the Gettysburg reunion in 1913, two men purchased a hatchet, walked to the site where their regiments had fought, and buried it.
 
Today's fact. Say cheese? Victorians said "prunes" instead.
 
Today's fact. Bloodcurdling isn’t just an expression. Research shows that watching horror movies can increase a certain clotting protein in our blood.
 
Today's fact. Toni Morrison edited Muhammad Ali’s 1975 autobiography ‘The Greatest: My Own Story.’
 
Today's fact. Asbestos used to be a common sight on film sets. The carcinogenic mineral was a common substitute for snowflakes in filmmaking until shortly after World War II.
 
Today's fact. The number 4 is the only number with the same number of letters as the meaning of its name.
 
Today's fact. The average cumulus cloud weighs roughly 1.1 million pounds.
 
Today's fact. Martin Van Buren wrote an autobiography without mentioning his wide.
 
Today's fact. The original title for Scream was Scary Movie.
 
Today's fact. If you have a daily routine, some scientists believe that dogs can tell when you’re coming home by how much of your scent is left in the house.
 
Today's fact. Amerigo Vespucci, for whom many historians believe America was named, was an Italian merchant.
 
Today's fact. Newborn babies have nearly 100 more bones than full-grown adults.
 
Today's fact. Alaska is simultaneously the westernmost and easternmost state.
 
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