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Fun Fact of the Day

Fun Fact of the Day

All the Facts

One true, surprising thing a day, each with a note on how to check it yourself.

Vikings Probably Did Not Wear Horned Helmets History Vikings Probably Did Not Wear Horned Helmets There is no good evidence that Vikings wore horned helmets in battle. Africa Touches All Four Hemispheres Earth Africa Touches All Four Hemispheres Africa is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres. Fold Paper 42 Times and You Pass the Moon Numbers Fold Paper 42 Times and You Pass the Moon A sheet of paper 0.1 millimeters thick, folded 42 times, would be over 400,000 kilometers tall. Cashews Grow Under a Fruit Food Cashews Grow Under a Fruit A cashew nut hangs from the bottom of a fruit called the cashew apple. Nice Once Meant Foolish Words Nice Once Meant Foolish The word nice comes from the Latin nescius, meaning ignorant. A Group of Flamingos Is a Flamboyance Animals A Group of Flamingos Is a Flamboyance The proper collective noun for flamingos is a flamboyance. Saturn Is Less Dense Than Water Space Saturn Is Less Dense Than Water Saturn's average density is about 0.69 grams per cubic centimeter, less than that of water. Water Grows When It Freezes Science Water Grows When It Freezes Water expands by about 9 percent as it turns to ice. A War That Lasted Under an Hour History A War That Lasted Under an Hour The shortest war on record, between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted well under an hour.