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12/31/2025

5 RANDOM “New Year’s Eve” FACTS: Wednesday December 31st

1. The first ball drop happened in Times Square in 1907. The Times Square ball now weighs nearly 6 tons.

2. The phrase “Auld Lang Syne” means “old long since” or “for old time’s sake”. Robert Burns wrote down the version of “Auld Lang Syne” we know today in 1788. “Auld Lang Syne” became a NYE standard after Guy Lombardo’s 1929 broadcast.

3. There are a lot of traditions that help bring good luck in the new year. Spaniards eat 12 grapes at midnight. Japan rings temple bells 108 times to cleanse earthly desires. Scotland’s Hogmanay includes “first-footing,” where the first visitor brings luck.

In Denmark, people smash plates on friends’ doorsteps. Many Brazilians wear white for peace and jump over seven ocean waves. Greek families hang onions on doors for rebirth, and in the Southern U.S., black-eyed peas are eaten for prosperity.

4. Not everyone celebrates the new year on January 1st. Chinese Lunar New Year occurs between late January and mid-February. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, takes place in September or October. In Thailand, Songkran is celebrated from April 13th to 15th.

5. New Year’s Eve is one of the most globally synchronized celebrations. Sydney, Australia, is one of the first major cities to celebrate the New Year.

12/30/2025

5 RANDOM FACTS: Tuesday December 30th

1. The human nose is capable of detecting approximately 1 trillion scents.

2. Movie previews are called "trailers" because they were originally shown at the END of movies. The name stuck even once they started showing them first.

3. Beck thought the song "Loser" was mediocre, and he didn't want it released as a single. But his record label did it anyway, and it went on to be his biggest hit.

4. Before David Letterman got his late-night show, he had a morning show on NBC called "The David Letterman Show." It lasted from June 23rd to October 24th, 1980.

5. Vincent van Gogh's famous painting "The Starry Night" is actually the view from the room of a mental asylum in France, where he'd admitted himself.

12/29/2025

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12/29/2025

5 RANDOM FACTS: Monday December 29th

1. In 2016, a Florida man tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon.”

2. The name of the easternmost point of all the U.S. territories is Point Udall in the U.S. Virgin Islands. And the name of the westernmost point of all the U.S. territories is Point Udall in Guam.

3. One out of nine siblings has the same first initial. Whereas with two random people, they'd have a one in 14 chance of the same first initial.

4. "Orthorexia" is an eating disorder where people only want to eat organic or "pure" foods.

5. Chocolate milk was invented in Jamaica in the 1400s. An Irish botanist visiting Jamaica in the 1700s took the idea back to Europe and started selling it.

12/26/2025

Name a band or artist you can't stand to listen to.
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12/26/2025

5 RANDOM FACTS: Thursday December 26th

1. Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any mammal.

2. Ben Franklin once published a book called "The Drinker's Dictionary" with 200 different terms to describe being drunk. They included things ranging from "He's seen the devil" to "juicy."

3. Mosquitoes like biting people with type O blood more than any other blood type. Other things that attract them are sweat, having alcohol in your bloodstream, being pregnant, and wearing black, dark blue, or red.

4. Pumbaa from "The Lion King" was the first character to break wind in a Disney movie.

5. Boardwalks didn't get their name because they're wooden boards you walk on. They're named after the guy who came up with the idea to set up the first one in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the 1870s: Alexander Boardman.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas!
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12/25/2025

5 RANDOM FACTS: Thursday December 25th

1. Hanukkah last for eight nights, and it honors the miracle of oil that burned for eight days when there was only enough for one.

Hanukkah’s dates change every year because it follows the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, not the Gregorian calendar. On the Hebrew calendar, Hanukkah always begins on the 25th of Kislev, but since lunar months don’t align neatly with the solar year, the holiday’s dates shift every year.

2. The word “Christmas” comes from Old English “Cristes Maesse”, meaning “Christ’s Mass”.

3. The Yule log tradition involved burning a massive log for up to 12 days. Pagans still celebrate Yule with rituals that welcome the return of the sun.

4. The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. It happens every year around December 21–22 in the Northern Hemisphere. This year, the Winter Solstice was on Sunday, December 21st.

5. The Norse god Odin was linked to Yule, bearing the name Jólnir (“the Yule one”). Persians celebrate Yalda Night with pomegranates and nuts, marking light’s victory over darkness.

12/24/2025

What are your Christmas Eve activities & traditions?

12/24/2025

5 RANDOM FACTS: Wednesday December 24th

1. The man who discovered penicillin, Alexander Fleming, warned that even as early as 1920s, there was a possibility of antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to the overuse.

2. "Oppenheimer" is the highest-grossing movie that never hit #1. It made $330 million at the box office in 2023 but peaked at #2. It was released alongside the "Barbie" movie, which eclipsed it. (Remember "Barbenheimer"??!)

3. Over half of the edits on Wikipedia are made by less than 1% of its users. One 41-year-old man, Steven Pruitt, is responsible for creating 33,000 articles and making more than 6 million edits. In fact, he's made at least one edit to at least one-third of all the articles.

4. When margarine was first created, it was illegal to make it the same color as butter, so manufacturers dyed it yellow. Eventually, margarine became more popular than butter, so butter manufacturers started dyeing their butter yellow.

5. Even viruses can catch viruses. The first virus that infected other viruses was found in 2008.

12/23/2025

Is it hot in here, or is it just me??

12/23/2025

5 RANDOM FACTS: Tuesday December 23rd

1. "The Red Vineyard at Arles" is the only named Van Gogh painting that's known to have sold in his lifetime. It sold for 400 francs in 1890, which is roughly the equivalent of $2,500 today.

2. In 1947, a woman went to Johns Hopkins to cure her hives. She received an experimental drug called Compound 1694 for hay fever and allergies. Her hives cleared up, AND she reported that, weirdly, she'd stopped getting nauseated while riding on public transportation. Doctors immediately tested the drug for motion sickness, and Compound 1694 became Dramamine.

3. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in the 1800 presidential election. That left it up to Congress to pick the president, and they voted for Jefferson.

4. A doctor diagnosed the injuries that the two Wet Bandits suffered during "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2” and figured out 23 of those injuries would've killed them.

5. Prisoners in France do not wear uniforms and are instead able to buy "normal clothes." The uniforms were abolished there in 1983. If they can't afford to buy their own, they can request free clothing from charities.