Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
- Putting hydrogen peroxide on a cut does more harm than good. Though it does kill the bacteria, it also kills healthy cells – and that slows down the healing process.
- Charles Darwin was the first person known to put wheels on an office chair. He liked being able to roll around his office so he could study different specimens more quickly.
- Bananas are curved because they grow against the pull of gravity. They start off hanging downwards, but as they get bigger, they start trying to grow upwards to get more sun and end up having a curved shape.
- If you want someone to take you seriously, talk to them in person. Research shows it’s much easier to convince someone of something when you speak to them directly instead of over text or email.
- In the Titanic movie, the story of the old couple who died together in bed was based on real people. Ida Straus gave up her spot on a lifeboat to stay with her husband of 41 years, Isidor. When he was offered a spot next to his wife, he refused to take it because there were still women and children aboard. They put their maid on the lifeboat instead, wrapped her in Ida’s fur coat, and were last seen sitting together on the boat deck.
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 5°C and a maximum of 17°C
Mostly sunny
Sunrise: 6:50 AM
Sunset: 5:40 PM
*Weather update by AccuWeather
