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Today's fact. When pirate Richard Worley seized his second ship, he dubbed it the Revenge of New York's Revenge.
 
Today's fact. The Czech name for the movie ‘Bad Santa’ roughly translates to ‘Santa is a Perver
 
Today's fact. The birds known as turkeys were named after the country Turkey.
 
Today's fact. Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Shrek because he did not want to be an ogre.
 
Today's fact. Sloths can move three times faster in water than they can on land.
 
Today's fact. An episode of Peppa Pig was pulled from Australian television for teaching children not to fear spiders.
 
Today's fact. Baby porcupines are known as porcupettes
 
Today's fact. Murmurations are the graceful, undulating patterns starlings create when they flock together in the sky. Scientists are still unsure how the birds coordinate their movements so quickly.
 
Today's fact. In the 18th century, wealthy British landowners hired ornamental hermits to live in their gardens.
 
Today's fact. The Starry Night depicts Vincent Van Gogh's view from the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum.
 
Today's fact. On Mars, no resource can be wasted—not even bodily fluids. Urine will be recycled into drinking water and feces into fertilizer.
 
Today's fact. The Hass avocado was patented in 1935 by Rudolph Hass, a mailman from California.
 
Today's fact. The 100 folds in a chef’s toque are said to represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
 
Today's fact. Pentheraphobia is the intense and disproportionate fear of your mother-in-law.
 
Today's fact. Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson provided the voice for Sally Brown, the younger sister of Charlie Brown, in several Peanuts cartoons from the '80s.
 
Today's fact. Captain Morgan was indeed a real person. Originally a Welsh pirate, he eventually became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
 
Today's fact. Dave Thomas, the owner of Wendy's, decided to make their chocolate Frosty half chocolate and half vanilla to balance the flavors, as he believed an all-chocolate treat would overwhelm the taste when enjoyed alongside their burgers and fries.
 
Today's fact. The cubicle wasn't named for its shape, but rather from the Latin "cubiculum," which means a bed chamber.
 
Today's fact. The word astronaut comes from the Greeks words meaning “star” and “sailor.”
 
Today's fact. While they might look the same, Jenga blocks have subtle differences in dimensions to make their construction less stable. Each brick is a different size and weight, so no two games are alike.
 
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