Previous Facts

• 2026-04-01 — Every winter on Uranus lasts for 42 years.
• 2026-03-31 — Chickens can see daylight 45 minutes before humans can.
• 2026-03-30 — A sloth can take a month to digest a single meal.
• 2026-03-27 — Urea, the main ingredient in urine, is added to cigarettes to enhance their flavour.
• 2026-03-26 — At the end of Roman mime plays, audiences could demand that the female lead strip on stage.
• 2026-03-25 — A glass of milk left in the Lut Desert in Iran will not go off: the heat is so intense it kills all the bacteria.
• 2026-03-24 — It is impossible to hum while holding your nose.
• 2026-03-23 — A human being can survive for nine seconds at 1,000°C without suffering lasting damage.
• 2026-03-20 — Patients admitted to hospital at the weekend are 40% more likely to die than those admitted during the working week.
• 2026-03-19 — If a cockroach touches a person, it immediately runs away and washes itself.