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Jan 9 | The largest Dungeons & Dragons game ever occurred in Utah on April 22, 2023, with 1,227 people playing together simultaneously | |
Jan 8 | The largest snowflakes ever recorded fell in Montana in 1887, measuring 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) deep | |
Jan 5 | Due to the shape of their mirrors, pictures of stars taken with the Hubble ST have 4 points, but have 6 when taken with the James Webb ST | |
Jan 5 | 51 Pegasi b was the first exoplanet discovered; that is a planet that orbits a star that is not our sun | |
Jan 2 | January 2nd, 1839 was the first time the moon was photographed | |
Jan 1 | The largest known dinosaurs were the titanosaurs, a subspecies of sauropod, which may have weighed upwards of 100 tons | |
Dec 29, 2023 | Procrastination more typically stems from anxiety or feeling overwhelmed rather than laziness | |
Dec 28, 2023 | The last supercontinent on Earth, Pangaea, was actually the 8th known supercontinent | |
Dec 27, 2023 | In Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK, Boxing Day is the busiest shopping day of the year;even more than Black Friday & Cyber Monday | |
Dec 22, 2023 | Two weeks before Christmas is the most popular time for couples to break up. Christmas Day however, is the least popular | |
Dec 21, 2023 | Both genders of Reindeer grow antlers; adult males loose theirs in early winter, young males in early spring, and females in the summer | |
Dec 19, 2023 | The red parts of poinsettias are actually special leaves called bracts; their flowers are tiny, yellow, and in the middle of the bracts | |
Dec 18, 2023 | Originally, candy canes were only white and didn’t have the bend; The red and white striped candy canes were first made around 1900 | |
Dec 15, 2023 | The upright part of a sundial that casts a shadow to tell the time is called the "gnomon" | |
Dec 15, 2023 | The gemstone Turquoise is almost as fragile as glass and needs to be hardened and treated before it can be used in jewelry | |