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15/12/2022

Roy Halladay Trivia: 35 amazing facts about the deceased baseball legend

Roy Halladay, often nicknamed "Doc", was an American professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies between 1998 and 2013.

15/12/2022

Now you'll be able to tell everyone that the incision-filled patient you are about to perform surgery on goes by the name Cavity Sam.

15/12/2022

Dating back to 859 A.D., the Al-Qarawiyyin Library in Fez, Morocco, had long been off limits to visitors who weren't the select few researchers and academics that had been granted access. However, in 2016, the world's oldest library, which houses a 9th century version of the Quran, finally opened its doors to anyone wishing to explore its ancient texts.

13/12/2022

If you're ever out at night and happen to see a hazy halo of light circling the moon, you can tell anyone you're with that you've spotted a broch, which is a Scottish word used for the weather-related phenomenon—often regarded as an omen of bad weather.

13/12/2022

Sesame Street has been a beloved part of children's lives ever since it premiered on November 10, 1969. That's why, in May 2019, the city of New York made it a real place. So, if you live in the city that never sleeps and someone asks you, "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" you can tell them that it's at the corner of West 63rd and Broadway.

Smithsonian explains the significance of that particular spot, saying, "Since 1969, the non-profit Sesame Workshop, which produces the show, has been based on the block between West 63rd and West 64th at Lincoln Center."

11/12/2022

It's probably safe to assume that when you reach for your favorite cereal in the morning, you can simply pour some in a bowl and start eating it. But in order to consume the first manufactured breakfast cereal, which was created in 1863, you had to soak it in milk overnight just to make it edible. The cereal was made of graham flour that had been baked into brittle cakes, then crumbled up and baked again. Not surprisingly, "it was not an immediate success," according to The New York Times Magazine.

09/12/2022

37 facts about hot dogs!

The hot dog is a common street food which is considered really tasty and is famous in many countries around the world.

09/12/2022

Hippos can work on their tans without having to worry about getting burned since their skin naturally secretes an oily red substance that acts as a moisturizer and sunblock, according to a 2004 article published in the journal Nature. And according to the San Diego Zoo, the red color sometimes makes onlookers believe they're sweating blood