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Quick Fact #443
The Interesting Origin of 12 Sandwiches
Lions of the culinary world, the inventors of our favorite sandwiches have left a lasting legacy of portability and deliciousness. To honor their contributions to our collective satiety, we’re taking a moment to reflect on some of the sandwich world’s greatest creations… prepare to get hungry. Club A marvel of sandwich construction, the Club Sandwich consists of three slices of […]
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We’ve just launched a new Pinterest page for Today I Found Out, where we’ll be posting various picture quick facts and infographics for your reading pleasure, some from our site and some from elsewhere. So if you’re on Pinterest and are interested, please follow us here. We’ve also just added the ability for you to simply hover the mouse over […]
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Quick Fact #441
10 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn’t Know about Full House
Nothing makes you feel older than finding your son watching the very show you watched as a child: Full House. Worse is telling him his mother pined away over John Stamos and plastered my walls with his posters as a teen. His response? ‘That’s creepy, Mom.’ Full House was an American hit TV show that aired on ABC for eight […]
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The Man Who Survived Two Nuclear Bomb Attacks
Tsutomu Yamaguchi died from stomach cancer. The cancer part perhaps isn’t surprising given that Yamaguchi is currently the only person officially recognized by the Japanese government as having lived through the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Note: There were actually well over a 100 or so others as well, perhaps as many as 165; they just have never […]
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The History of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Today I found out the history of Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. A popular chocolate cup filled with delicious peanut butter, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were created by a man named Harry Burnett (H.B.) Reese. Reese was born May 24, 1879 in Pennsylvania to a farming family. He married in 1900 and went on to have sixteen children. (Yes, 16!) By […]
Read moreHow “XOXO” Came to Mean “Hugs and Kisses”
Dev asks: Why does XOXO mean hugs and kisses? You’ve seen XO as a sign-off representing love, affection, or friendship on letters, cards, emails, chat rooms and text messages. You may have even been torn on whether or not to include both the X and the O, considering one signifies hugs and the other means kisses. Use the incorrect symbol, […]
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Quick Fact #437
What Causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Gina asks: What causes SIDS and how can it be prevented? Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is every new parent’s fear. It’s defined as “the sudden death of an infant under age 1 that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation has been conducted, including a complete autopsy, an examination of the death scene, and a review of the clinical […]
Read moreThe Makers of Barbie Used to Sell a Doll Whose Breasts Grew When Her Arm Rotated
Today I found out that the makers of Barbie used to sell a doll whose breasts grew when her arm rotated. Yes, you read that correctly. It was 1975 and the doll was called “Growing Up Skipper”. When you rotated her arm, she grew an inch taller and her small breasts grew out of her plastic chest. She could return […]
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