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Random Fact Of The Day

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Nov. 3 - You're more likely to have bad dreams if you sleep in a cold room. 

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Feel free to add your own facts :) 

submitted by Rainbow Riot
(November 4, 2020 - 1:21 pm)

I googled it and that's really cool!

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(November 8, 2020 - 10:36 pm)

Nov. 6 - If you want someone to talk about something just stay silent; they'll get awkward, and talk a lot to fill the silence :p

submitted by Rainbow Riot
(November 6, 2020 - 6:14 pm)

A golden hamster's cheek pouches extend to their hips.

submitted by Snazzycakes, Eternalia
(November 7, 2020 - 9:28 am)

Hawaiian pizza was first made in Canada.

submitted by Tealeaf, Steeping
(November 8, 2020 - 4:41 pm)

There's a flower called sneezeweed! I actually momentarily considered changing my CB name to Sneezeweed (I might want to change it at some point) but then rational thought kicked in.

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(November 8, 2020 - 10:37 pm)

There's also a plant called, no joke, turkey tangle frog fruit. I swear I'm not making this up.

submitted by Snazzycakes, Eternalia
(November 9, 2020 - 4:57 pm)

The actual name for a # is an octothorpe. I'm totally calling them octothorpes from now on to confuse people.

submitted by Darkling, None of your business
(November 9, 2020 - 9:29 am)

omg when I was learning python I learned that and annoyed my dad endlessly with it XD coders call it a pound sign, for some reason XD

submitted by Rainbow Riot
(November 9, 2020 - 10:58 am)

Oh yeah, I've heard of that. It's such a completely random word.

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(November 9, 2020 - 2:08 pm)

Donkeys will sink in quicksand. But mules won't.

submitted by Chickadee, age 10, Maldives
(November 9, 2020 - 3:37 pm)

'Narwhal' means 'corpse whale' because of their blotchy, translucent skin.

Their "horn" is actually an elongated front tooth. Some narwhals have two horns.

Their blubber is an excellent source of vitamin C. 

Bet you'll look at narwhals differently after this! 

submitted by Summer, age tau, Nowhere at all
(November 9, 2020 - 9:21 pm)

Adding on to Summer's "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words", anatidaephobia is fear of being watched by a duck. No joke. It's a real thing.

submitted by Snazzycakes, Eternalia
(November 10, 2020 - 6:36 pm)

A plastic bottle can take over a million years to decompose.

RECYCLE, Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

submitted by Snazzycakes, Dancing in the rain
(November 16, 2020 - 6:55 pm)