Here's your (not so) totally useless fact(s) of the day:

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A little girl wrote to LA County officials asking for permission to keep a unicorn in her backyard if she could find one. Animal control agreed, granting her their very first unicorn license.

Today is:
National Parents Day Off
National Sober Day

James

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The blast of air you feel when you walk into a store is meant to stop bugs from flying in.

Today is:
National Tackle Kids Cancer Day
National Pow/mia Recognition Day

James

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Revenge Bedtime Procrastination: A phenomenon in which people who don't have control over their day refuse to go to bed early so they can regain some sense of freedom at night.

Today is:
National Guacamole Day
Puppy Mill Awareness Day

James

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Tomatoes are native to the Americas. There was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century.

Today is:
National Hiv/aids And Aging Awareness Day
National Cheeseburger Day

James

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'Splinter free' toilet paper was invented in 1935.
Yeah….

Today is:
National VFW Day
National Coffee Day

James

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On September 28, 1904, the first Olympic games held in the United States began in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the third modern Olympic Games and the first time it was held outside of Europe.

Today is:
National Name Your Car Day (I think this is dumb - only because it drives me crazy in the Jeep community - and the ducks!)
National Child Health Day

James

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In 1938, Mexico was the only country to protest the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany To honor their support, there's a square in Vienna named "Mexikoplatz".

This might be a Jeopardy question one day!

Today is:
National Senior UTI Awareness Day (Believe it or not, this is a serious one!)
National Bologna Day

James

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Reese's Pieces don't contain any chocolate!

So what really makes up a single Reese's Piece? Well, according to Delish, chocolate company Hershey's developed a formula in the 1970s for sweetened peanut meal with the same consistency as chocolate. The filling is essentially a peanut-flavored fudge made from brown sugar, butter and milk.

Today is:
Grandparents Week
National Black Cat Day

James

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One thousand seconds is about 16 minutes
One million seconds is about 11 days
One billion seconds is about 32 years
One trillion seconds is about 32,000 years

Today is:
National Chocolate Day
National First Responders Day

James

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Prince, Michael Jackson, and Madonna were all born in the Great Lakes region in 1958. They were all born within two months of each other.

Today is:
National Candy Corn Day (I love candy corn! - and circus peanuts)
National Text Your Ex Day

James

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Mariah Carey is the only artist in history to have a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in four different decades.

Today is:
No-Shave November
National Diabetes Month

James

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The 8-hour workday was adopted so people could evenly divide the 24 hours in a day. "Eight hours' labour, Eight hours' recreation, Eight hours' rest".

Today is:
Day of the Dead
National Men Make Dinner Day

James

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The rarest blood type in the world is Rh-null blood; also known as "golden blood". It's only been identified in 43 people during the last 50 years.

If you want to read more about it, here's an interesting link.

Today is:
National Cancer Awareness Day
National Hug a Bear Day

James

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When stagecoaches were standard in the 1880s, the driver would typically assign his passenger seat to an armed partner whose duty it was to keep thieves away. Hence, the expression "riding shotgun".

Today is:
National Unfriend Day
National Homemade Bread Day

James

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Historians have no record of turkey being eaten at the first Thanksgiving.

The first Thanksgiving Day feast happened in 1621 with three whole days dedicated to the celebration. Although turkey was plentiful in the region and a common food source, it's likely that it wasn't actually the star of the festivities and other "fowling" were served for the occasion. Instead, "ducks, geese, and swans" are believed to have been served to the English settlers and Native Americans.

Today is:
Thanksgiving
Unthanksgiving Day

James

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The United States Air Force is the largest airforce in the world.
The US Navy is the second-largest air force in the world.

Today is:
D.B. Cooper Day
You’re Welcomegiving Day

James

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Taylor Swift is now the first artist in history to hold the entire Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. (this is the week of September 2021)

Today is:
Celebrate Shelter Pets Day
National Personal Space Day

James

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An estimated 16.4 million Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

And worldwide, only 19% of people wash their hands after using the restroom!
This is worldwide. In the U.S, it’s 82%

Today is:
Rosa Parks Day
National Cookie Cutter Day

James

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Sarcasm has been shown to boost creativity because using and understanding it acts as a mental exercise.

Today is:
National Sock Day
National Cookie Day

James

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"Warranty void if removed" stickers have been illegal in the US since 1975.

I was always afraid I was going to go to jail if I ripped off the tag on a pillow.

Today is:
Put on Your Own Shoes Day
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week

James

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Pluto has yet to complete a single orbit around the sun since it was discovered 92 years ago. The planet will complete its first full orbit since its discovery on Monday, March 23rd, 2178.

Today is:
Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts (uh huh)
National Ding-A-Ling Day (another ummm)

James

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It takes the average American 3 hours and 54 minutes to get sick of their extended family.

Apologies. This was sitting in draft mode. I forgot to hit send. Oops!

Today is:
U.S. National Guard Birthday
National Ice Cream Day

James

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In 1951, Thelma Howard was hired as a maid for Walt & Lillian Disney. Walt would gift her shares of Disney stock every X-mas for the next 30 years. She died in 1994. That's when it was discovered that she still had all 192,000 shares valued at $9 million. It went to disadvantaged kids and her disabled son.

Today is:
National Energy Conservation Day
National Bouillabaisse Day

James

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In ancient Athens, ostracism allowed citizens to exile civilians or leaders for ten years. Every year, Athenians gathered to vote on who posed a threat to democracy.

If enough people wrote the same name and a threshold was met, the ostracized individual had just ten days to leave.


Today is:
Winter Solstice
Don’t Make Your Bed Day

James

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Fool's Gold Loaf is a sandwich made by the Colorado Mine Company, a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. It consists of a single warmed, hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with the contents of one jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, and a pound of bacon. The sandwich's connection to the singer Elvis Presley is the source of its legend and prolonged interest. According to The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley, Presley, and his friends took his private jet from Graceland, purchased 30 of the sandwiches, and spent two hours eating them and drinking Perrier and champagne before flying home.

Today is:
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
World Introvert Day

James