Fact of the Day

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The universe is expanding at 74.3 km per second per megaparsec.

And if you can understand that you are better than me

https://www.space.com/17884-universe...-constant.html

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Until the 19th century, champagne was pink and had no bubbles.


https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/...cts-champagne/

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Depression can cause you to dream up to 3 to 4 times more than you normally would.


http://dreamstudies.org/2009/09/15/d...ri-and-dreams/

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In the late Middle Ages, books were so valuable that libraries would chain them to the bookcase. This was widely practiced until the 18th century.


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...-away-4392158/

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Between 2007 and 2016, only 4% of Hollywood directors were female and 80% of those got the chance to make only one film.

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Chuck Norris' real name is Carlos Ray Norris.

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According to a textbook in North Korea, Kim Jong Un learned to drive at age 3.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...8231428500261/

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Thomas Edison invented the tattoo pen.


http://edison.rutgers.edu/pen.htm

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John Bonham, the drummer of the band Led Zeppelin, died from drinking the equivalent of 40 shots of vodka in one day.


http://johnbonham.co.uk/death/john-b...obituary2.html

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Allied forces hired a makeup artist to draw sketches of Hitler in various disguises.



https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...er-in-disguise