Strange But True: First Kermit Puppet
By Lucie Winborne
The cubicle got its name from the Latin "cubiculum," meaning bed chamber.
When your "inner voice" speaks in your head, it triggers small muscle movements in your larynx.
Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a U.S. military raid.
Java junkies, take note: The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 handbook classifies caffeine withdrawal as a mental disorder.
A newborn blue whale gains about 200 pounds a day during its first year.
Jim Henson made his first Kermit puppet using his mother's old coat and two halves of a ping-pong ball.
Sometimes it snows on Mars, but the snowflakes are made out of carbon dioxide, not water. The flakes don't fall, but create a fog-like effect.
Australia is home to approximately 170 kinds of snakes, including some of the world's most venomous. The good news? Snake bites aren't common and are rarely fatal. One study estimated that snake bites account for just two deaths per year in Australia.
Scottish band the Bay City Rollers chose their name after sticking a pin in a map of America, which landed on the city Michigan.
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is the second cousin, 16 times removed, of King Richard III, whom he portrayed in the 2016 BBC miniseries "The Hollow Crown."
Members of the Secret Service's Presidential Protection Division always travel with bags of blood in the motorcade in the event a transfusion is needed.
Wisdom teeth serve no purpose. They're left over from hundreds of thousands of years ago. As early humans' brains grew bigger, mouth space was reduced, crowding out this third set of molars.
One of Walt Disney's first art jobs was drawing cartoons for a local barber in exchange for haircuts.
Thought for the Day: "Friends are the siblings God never gave me." -- Mencius
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