Pound cake got its name from its recipe.
The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar
2020
the first olympic marathon gold medalist told hittler that he hoped he won't start a war.
Hi brought him an olive tree branch instead of nazi waving.
2019
Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan, the only double landlocked countries in the world.
A country is "double-landlocked" when it is surrounded only by landlocked countries
2020
The International Space Station is the largest manned object ever sent into space.
The (ISS) sits roughly 250 miles (400 km) above the Earth and is the third-brightest object in the night sky.
2020
in 1918, Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized.
met with skepticism because she was a woman. During the 1920s, scientists around the world made the same findings
2020
Halley’s Comet will pass over Earth again on 26th July 2061.
The famous comet was last seen on 9th February, 1986 and only orbits the Earth once every 75 – 76 years.
2020
Unethical psychological experiments.
The Little Albert experiment is considered to be among the most unethical psychological experiments of all time.
2020
Your Favorite Foods May be Your Baby’s Favorite.
The flavors from the food a pregnant mother eats is transmitted into the amniotic fluid and swallowed by the baby
2001
Idiot once specifically referred to somebody with the mental age of a 2yr old.
'Imbecile' referred to somebody with the mental age of a 3-7yr old, and 'Moron' to a 7-10yr old
2020
if she is still reigning by 2024, Queen Elizabeth II will become history's longest-reigning monarch.
Reigning for a total of 72 years, 3 months and 3 weeks
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Internet trolls are likely to be sadists.
Studies found that the link between sadism and Internet trolling is so strong that trolls could be described as “prototypical everyday sadi
2014
The ISS is visible to more than 90% of the Earth’s population.
In the night sky it appears as a fast-moving star crossing from horizon to horizon.
2020
On Venus, it snows metal and rains sulfuric acid.
Venus is scorching hot and choked with sulfuric acid, which causes the planet’s metals to become gas and then liquid in the atmosphere
2013
There are approximately 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way.
Out of all the known galaxies, the Milky Way is the one that contains the most stars.
2017
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is half the size of Pluto.
The same surfaces of Charon and Pluto always face each other, which is known as mutual tidal locking
2020
Astronauts can grow approximately 5 cm in height when in space.
The lack of gravity in space causes the discs between the vertebrae to expand a little.
2013
