Chris' Fact of the Day

[ptbodale]

Today's Holidays:
National Men Make Dinner Day

-Chris

That's pretty well every day at our house!

[z740]

Friday's Fact is:
The world is not round. It is an oblate spheroid, flattened at the poles, and bulging at the equator.

Today's Holidays:
All Souls' Day (Catholic)
Day(s) of the Dead/Dia(s) De Los Muertos
National Traffic Directors Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Birthday - US President Warren Harding (29th President)
Birthday - US President James Polk (11th President)
Birthday - Daniel Boone Birthday (frontiersman)
Birthday - Burt Lancaster Birthday (actor)
Admission Day (North Dakota)
Admission Day (South Dakota)
Day(s) of the Dead (Dia(s) De Los Muertos - 11/01-02 - Mexico)
"Practice Being Psychic" Day
Deviled Egg Day
Piggy Bank Day

-Chris

[Bok269]

Correct. Although its oblateness is nowhere near noticable nor significant.

[z740]

Saturday's Fact

Saturday's Fact is:
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Today's Holidays:
Cliché' Day
Sadie Hawkins Day
Sandwich Day
All Saints' Day (Sweden)
Culture Day (Japan)
National Day (Dominica)
Independence Day (Micronesia)
Independence Day (Panama)
Deer Festival (Georgia)
Housewife's Day
Mule Day (Georgia)
Tunnel Day

-Chris

[z740]

Sunday's Fact

Sunday's Fact is:
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Today's Holiday:
Daylight Savings Time Ends - Standard Time Resumes
Mischief Night
National Chicken Lady Day
Use Your Common Sense Day
Zero-Tasking Day
Birthday - Laura Bush (First Lady)
Birthday - Robert Mapplethorpe Birthday (photographer)
Birthday - Will Roger Day/Birthday (writer, actor)
Flag Day (Panama)
Victory Day (Italy)
Candy Day
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Hug-A-Bear Sunday
King Tut Day

-Chris

[z740]

Monday's Fact

Monday's Fact is:
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.

Today's Holidays:
Birthday - Roy Rogers' Birthday (singing cowboy)
Day of the First Shout for Freedom (El Salvador)
Guy Fawkes Day (England)
Doughnut Day

-Chris

[z740]

Tuesday's Fact

Tuesday's Fact is:
Abraham Lincoln was the only U.S. president to hold a patent. It was for an invention to buoy boats over shallow rivers.

Today's Holidays:
General Election Day (US)
Saxophone Day
UN International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Birthday - John Philip Sousa (composer)
Basketball Day
Halfway Point Of Autumn
I Love Nachos Day
Peanut Butter Lover's Day

-Chris

[ASpilot2be]

Hooray for the Baritone Saxophone

[z740]

Wednesday's Fact

Wednesday's Fact is:
The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.

Today's Holidays:
Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day
Hug A Bear Day
Mariachi Night (California)
Republican Elephant Day
October Revolution (Russia)
Solidarity Day (Bangladesh)

-Chris

[ptbodale]

The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime-Chris

Some people are missing an awful lot of them.

[z740]

Especially with the American public. I'm learning about civics this year and it's amazing what the government is getting away with.

-Chris

[z740]

Thursday's Fact

Thursday's Fact is:
An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow.

Today's Holidays:
Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
National Parents As Teachers Day
X-ray Discovery Day
Admission Day (Montana)
Harvey Wallbanger Day
I Hate To Cook Day

-Chris

[z740]

Friday's Fact

Friday's Fact is:
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

Today's Holidays:
Guinness World Records Day
National Donor Sabbath (11/09-11)
Anniversary - Kristallnacht
Birthday - Carl Sagen (astronomer)
Diwali (India)
Independence Day (Cambodia)
Neon Sign Day
Parade Day
Scrapple Day
World Freedom Day

-Chris

[z740]

Saturday's Fact

Saturday's Fact is:
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Today's Holidays:
Anniversary - Area Codes
Anniversary - Sesame Street Premier
Anniversary - USMC
Birthday - Martin Luther (Protestant Reformation)
First Shout for Independence (Panama)
Forget Me Not Day
Headache Day
Toothpaste Day
Vanilla Cupcake Day

-Chris

[z740]

Sunday's Fact

Sunday's Fact is:
23.7 million : The number of military veterans in the United States in 2006..

Today's Holidays:
Veteran Day (US)
Death/Duty Day
Martinmas
Admission Day (Washington)
Independence Day (Angola)
Independence Day (Poland)
Remembrance Day (Canada)
St. Martin Day (Sweden)
Bhai Dooj
Ones Day
Sundae Day

-Chris