Back in 1796, dimes were called dismes (+ 9 more facts)
Daily Facts · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.
March 14, 20247m 39s
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Daily Facts (14 Mar 2024)
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Today's facts:
- Tug of war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920
- In 1755, the first Canadian post office opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The fist Deputy Postmaster General was American inventor Benjamin Franklin who was later dismissed for sympathizing with the American revolutionary cause
- Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race
- In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents
- All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago
- Back in 1796, dimes were called dismes
- Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste
- On average, 90% of the people that have the disease Lupus are female
- To make one raindrop of water, it takes approximately a million cloud droplets
- In 1685, New France used playing cards as currency because of the shortage of coins
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