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 aresnic is rat poison and acetone is nail varnish, just two of the 5'000+ ingredients in cigars and cigarettes?