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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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| 121 |
In Norse Mythology, Thor was the god of thunder. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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| 122 |
In Norse mythology, the sea monster Jormungand encircled the world. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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| 123 |
In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gave fire to mankind and was punished by Zeus when the King of the Gods chained him to the Caucasus Mountains with an eagle eating his liver every day (The liver grew back every night) until Heracles killed the eagle and freed the Titan. |
Literature > Mythology |
12/02/10 |
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| 124 |
The center of the Andromeda Galaxy is a supermassive black hole. |
Science > Astronomy |
12/01/10 |
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| 125 |
The eleventh Labor of Heracles was to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/29/10 |
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| 126 |
While WWII was being fought around the world, Hitler captured many Jews and sent them to concentration camps that killed 6 million Jews. |
History > War |
11/28/10 |
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| 127 |
In Greek mythology the monster Typhon is buried beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/28/10 |
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| 128 |
In Greek mythology, Jason's ship was called the Argo. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/23/10 |
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| 129 |
In the Boy Scouts of America, a boy must earn a total of at least 21 merit badges in order to become an Eagle Scout. |
Hobbies |
11/21/10 |
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| 130 |
In Greek Mythology, Jason obtained the Golden Fleece. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/21/10 |
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| 131 |
Steve Jobs is the co-founder of Apple Computers. |
Technology > Computers |
11/19/10 |
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| 132 |
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/19/10 |
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| 133 |
In Norse mythology, Loki is the shape-shifting trickster god. |
Literature > Mythology |
11/18/10 |
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| 134 |
Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies was actually born in France! |
Movies |
11/18/10 |
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| 135 |
4% of Americans are vegetarian/vegan. |
Humanities |
11/09/10 |
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