Previous Facts

• 2026-04-08 — Your brain uses less power than the light in your fridge.
• 2026-04-07 — In 2010, a traffic jam near Beijing in China stretched for 100 kilometres and lasted nine days.
• 2026-04-06 — The amount of gold in one human body is 0.2 mg; to mint one gold sovereign would need 40,000 people.
• 2026-04-03 — There is enough gold in the Earth's core to coat its entire surface to a depth of 1m.
• 2026-04-02 — 80% of the world's gold was created by earthquakes.
• 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.