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	Fact	Category	Date
1	The light bulb was "invented" over 50 years before Edison made one, by a scientist named Humphrey Davy.	People > Scientists	02/02/13
2	Barack Obama was the first black president.	People > Politicians	07/07/12
3	Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011.	People	02/17/12
4	In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.	People	02/07/12
5	Justin Bieber is Canadian.	People	06/30/11
6	Jose Rizal is the national hero of the Philippines.	People	06/14/11
7	Charles Darwin had ten children.	People > Scientists	04/18/11
8	Julia Gillard was the first female Australian Prime minister, taking her role in June 2010.	People > Politicians	04/16/11
9	Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsberry, England on February 12, 1809 at his family home, the Mount.	People > Scientists	01/08/11
10	Keira Knightley was Queen Almidala's decoy in Star Wars: Episode 1.	People > Movie Stars	09/15/10
11	Simon Kuznets won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1971.	People	10/06/09
12	Herbert A. Simon won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978.	People	10/03/09
13	Gunnar Mydral won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974.	People	10/02/09
14	Paul A. Samuelson won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1970.	People	10/01/09
15	James E. Meade won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1977.	People	10/01/09

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