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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.

Mauna Kea Is Taller Than Everest, Base to Peak Earth Mauna Kea Is Taller Than Everest, Base to Peak Measured from its base on the ocean floor, Mauna Kea in Hawaii rises over 10,000 meters. A Shuffled Deck Has Probably Never Existed Before Numbers A Shuffled Deck Has Probably Never Existed Before There are about 8 times 10 to the 67th possible orders of a 52-card deck. Peanuts Are Not Nuts Food Peanuts Are Not Nuts Peanuts are legumes, in the same family as beans and lentils. A Clue Used to Be a Ball of Yarn Words A Clue Used to Be a Ball of Yarn The word clue comes from clew, a ball of thread. Wombats Make Cube-Shaped Droppings Animals Wombats Make Cube-Shaped Droppings Wombats are the only animals known to produce cube-shaped droppings. Sunsets on Mars Are Blue Space Sunsets on Mars Are Blue At sunset on Mars, the sky near the Sun turns blue. Lightning Is Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun Science Lightning Is Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun A lightning channel can reach about 30,000 kelvin, roughly five times hotter than the Sun's surface. Mammoths Outlived the First Pyramids History Mammoths Outlived the First Pyramids Woolly mammoths were still alive on a remote Arctic island after the Great Pyramid was built. Antarctica Is the Largest Desert on Earth Earth Antarctica Is the Largest Desert on Earth Antarctica is the world's largest desert, covering around 14 million square kilometers.