User blog:LewaMataToaOfMischief/Fact of the Day Blog

Here is the Facts of the Day blog! I will tell you three random facts about real-life!

17/03/10 (St. Patrick's Day for Ireland)
Did you know that the word Alphabet is arranged from the first two words in the Greek Alphabet, Alpha and Beta?

Did you know that Italy's capital is named after one of Mars' sons Romulus and he killed his brother Remus?

Did you know that a lot of people mis-spell the capital of Brazil for Brasillia instead of Brazillia?

18/03/10
Did you know that the words Tempus and Gravitas mean "time" and "gravity" in Latin?

Did you know that St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Amalfi, Luqa in Malta, Esgueira in Portugal and Prussia?

Did you know that the F & J on the standard English Keyboard have bumps on them to indicate where to put your index finger when typing?

23/03/10
Did you know that Adolf Hitler (the leader of the Nazis) was Austrian and not German?

Did you know that the plural (more than one) of rhombus is rhombii?

Did you know that claustraphobia is the fear of enclosed spaces?

24/03/10
Did you know Dionysus is a level in BioShock 2 and is the Greek God of Wine and Ecstasy?

Did you know every planet in our solar system, except Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, Eris and Earth 2, are named after Roman Gods and Godesses?

Did you know that BAFTA stands for British Academy of Film and Television Arts?

29/03/10
Did you know that the only bird that can fly backwards is the Hummingbird?

Did you know that most authors believe that a Trapezium has only one pair of parallel sides while others say it has two? This arguement could be settled with the fact that a Trapezium (or Trapezoid if you're American) has only a pair of it's sides the same length and the other sides are unequal, hence, it only has one pair of parallel sides.

Did you know that most people don't know the meaning of ultimate when it means final?

30/3/10
Did you know that the value of pi (π pronounced pie) is endless even though it starts with 3.14159265?

Did you know the Manx cat is the only cat without a tail?

Did you know that Astraphobia is a fear of thunder?

6/04/10
Did you know that Adolf Dassler created the sports company Adidas, his nickname and the start of his last name make the name, (Adi Dassler) and his brother, Rudolf Dassler, made the sports company PUMA?

Did you know that the plural of Trapezium is Trapezia?

Did you know that the smallest fraction of time is plankton time which would be 0.0000000000000000000000000001?