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Monday, April 6, 2026

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Martin Luther King Jr. got a C in public speaking The world remembers Dr. King as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, and people often quote his “I Have a Dream” speech, which he delivered in 1963. Yet in one of the most ironic “failures” of wildly successful people, he earned a C in a public... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 5, 2026

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Thomas Edison is the reason you love cat videos After inventing the kinetograph with his assistant in 1891, Edison was able to record and watch moving images for the first time. He filmed short clips in his studio, some of which feature famous people like Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill. But the real... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 4, 2026

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Neil Armstrong’s hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000 The lucky buyer, John Reznikoff, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of hair from historical celebrities, reports NBC. But Armstrong’s lawyer threatened to sue Marx Sizemore, the not-so-lucky barber who cut the former... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 3, 2026

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May 20, 1873, is the “birthday” of blue jeans According to Levi Strauss & Co., this was the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, the innovators behind the sturdy blue jeans we all love, got a patent on the process of adding metal rivets to men’s denim work pants. The pants were called “waist... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

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South American river turtles talk through their eggs Research has found South American river turtles can produce sounds and communicate with one another before they hatch. Brazilian biologist Camila Ferrara set up microphones close to the eggs and heard the baby turtles’ quick, barely audible... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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A French-language Scrabble World Champion doesn’t speak French In 2015, New Zealand native Nigel Richards memorized the entire French Scrabble dictionary, which had 386,000 words, in nine weeks to earn his title, because he didn’t actually speak French. He won the French Scrabble World Championship... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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Baseball umpires used to sit in rocking chairs People have been playing baseball since the mid-19th century. In the early days, umpires would officiate the games while reclining in a rocking chair located 20 feet behind home plate. And here’s another fun fact: In 1878, the National League declared... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 30, 2026

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Your brain synapses shrink while you sleep This is not a brain myth! Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studied mice to observe what happens to their brains while they sleep. Dr. Chiara Cirelli and Dr. Giulio Tononi found an 18%... Sign in to see full entry.

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An employee at Pixar accidentally deleted almost all of Toy Story 2 during production Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar, wrote in his book Creativity Inc. that the year before the movie came out, someone entered the command ‘/bin/rm -r -f *’ on the drive where the files were saved, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

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Beethoven was the first composer to use the trombone in popular music Although the trombone had been used in sacred music, no composer had used it in a nonreligious piece of music until Beethoven. He included the instrument in his famous Fifth Symphony, which premiered in Vienna in 1808. Japan... Sign in to see full entry.

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