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Fun Fact: 130,000 miles per hour
The comet 3I/ ATLAS is traveling through our solar system at a staggering 130,000 miles per hour, which is the highest velocity ever recorded for a solar system visitor.
Moments in Time: Civil War
On March 29, 1865, the final campaign of the Civil War began in Virginia when Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant moved against the Confederate trenches around Petersburg.
Trivia Test: World Wide Web
INVENTIONS: Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
Strange But True: Surface Gravity
If the earth doubled in size, trees would fall over and dogs couldn't run without breaking a leg, due to the doubling of surface gravity.
Weird News: Hit the Gas
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed new technology to ... yes, it’s true ... count the number of times people pass gas each day.
Fun Fact: Photoperiodism
Photoperiodism is a physiological reaction of plants and animals to darkness and light. Plants are classified according to photoperiods: "short-day" plants, "long-day" plants and "day-neutral" plants.
Moments in Time: St. Patrick
On March 17, 461 A.D., Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland St. Patrick died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland after 40 years of living in poverty…
Trivia Test: President Dog Breeder
U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was an avid dog breeder who gave his hunting hounds funny names like "Sweet Lips" and "Madam Moose"?
Strange But True: Bob Dylan
While inducting Bob Dylan into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen noted that he first heard Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" in the car with his mother…
Weird News: Sir, This Is a Wendy’s
City officials in Gastonia, North Carolina, got involved after a video surfaced of someone getting a tattoo in a Wendy’s dining room in the city, WBTV reported.
Weird News: The Downward Spiral
First, we had to be afraid that students would use AI to write papers and otherwise cheat their way through school. Now, NBC News reported on Jan. 28, AI is helping students “dumb down” their work…
Top Ten Movies: Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights takes the top spot while GOAT comes in at number two and Crime 101 is number three.
Fun Fact: Tire Production
Recent tire production in Europe is about 335 million tires annually, while production in the U.S. is about 300 million annually. In China, it is about 800 million annually.
Moments in Time: Sir Paul McCartney
On March 11, 1997, former Beatle Paul McCartney added "Sir" to his name when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "services to music" at London's Buckingham Palace.
Trivia Test: President Lifeguard
U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president was a lifeguard in his earlier life and saved 77 people from drowning over a seven-year period?
Strange But True: Crows and Cheetos
Ornithologists often use Cheetos to study behavior in crows. Along with being easy to spot because of their bright orange color, they're also one of a crow's favorite treats.
Weird News: Museum of Failure
After a romantic relationship ended, Eyvan Collins of Burnaby, British Columbia, “just needed to do something with it,” they said. Thus was born the Museum of Personal Failure…
Fun Fact: Highest number of dogs
The country with the highest number of dogs is the United States with 90 million, followed by Brazil with 60 million and China with 58 million.
Moments in Time: Australia's Sydney Opera House
On March 2, 1933, construction officially began on Australia's Sydney Opera House. The structure's first performance occurred in a rather unusual way in 1960…
Strange But True: Wile E. Coyote
In the popular Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, the latter character shouldn't have been outwitted by his desperately hunted prey, since coyotes typically outpace roadrunners by a good 23 mph.