|
Fact |
Category |
Date |
|
4936 |
The Isle of Skye is an island off the west coast of Scotland. |
Geography > Europe |
11/08/12 |
|
4937 |
Sugar can kill Snails. |
Nature > Animals |
11/15/12 |
|
4938 |
The technical term for a cat's hairball ( or any hairball spitting animal ) is a trichobezoar, or for short, a bezoar. |
Nature > Animals |
12/31/12 |
|
4939 |
"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" won Tony Award for Best Musical in 1979. |
Entertainment > Theatre |
12/31/12 |
|
4940 |
Hippo milk is pink! |
Nature > Animals |
01/01/13 |
|
4941 |
"The Phantom of the Opera" won Tony Award for Best Musical in 1988. |
Entertainment > Theatre |
01/11/13 |
|
4942 |
In Alaska, it's illegal to push a moose out of a moving helicopter or airplane. |
Other |
01/19/13 |
|
4943 |
"Expulso" is a spell (in Harry Potter) that makes the object the spell is directed at explode. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
01/19/13 |
|
4944 |
Expelliarmus is a spell that disarms the witch or wizard it is directed at. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
01/20/13 |
|
4945 |
The light bulb was "invented" over 50 years before Edison made one, by a scientist named Humphrey Davy. |
People > Scientists |
02/02/13 |
|
4946 |
In Alaska, USA it's illegal to feed or give alcoholic beverages to a moose. |
Other |
02/02/13 |
|
4947 |
J.K. Rowling was the author of this series, Harry Potter. |
Literature > Harry Potter |
02/03/13 |
|
4948 |
The Civil War ended in 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. |
History > War |
02/10/13 |
|
4949 |
Latin grammar has six cases. |
Other |
02/18/13 |
|
4950 |
You can prevent an apple slice from turning brown by brushing it with lemon juice. |
Other |
03/07/13 |
|
Follow Braingle!