You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

Both Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system that don't have a moon

[Lee Stewart]

It’s reported that while a jet engine at take-off produces around 188 decibels of noise, the sperm whale tops that with a clicking sound that has been recorded at 230 decibels.

[Lee Stewart]

If you live in the U.S. and are enjoying rice with your dinner tonight, there’s a good chance that it was grown in Arkansas. As the country’s leading producer of the popular grain, the state is responsible for around half of all American rice.

[Lee Stewart]

the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were stored at Fort Knox during World War II. They remained there until 1944 when they were returned to Washington, D.C.

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the space between windows is called an interfenestration

[Lee Stewart]

According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Social Security Administration, September 9th is the most common birthday when looking at births that took place between 1994 and 2014.

[Lee Stewart]

Each day on Earth is around 24 hours. But when our planet was first formed, a day was just six hours long. That’s due to the fact that the Earth used to spin much faster. According to NASA, our days get 0.0017 seconds longer every 100 years.

[Lee Stewart]

Seasons on other planets are very different from seasons on Earth⁠—and that’s certainly true when it comes to Uranus, where each season lasts 21 years due to the fact that the planet’s axis is tilted 98 degrees.