daily facts

Avocados don't ripen on trees. They have to be picked first.

Before the invention of penicillin, the cure for syphilis was malaria.

Since "The Simpsons" is hand-drawn, it takes about 3 months to complete an episode. In comparison, it takes South Park a week because it's digitally animated.

If the entire history of the Earth were compressed into one year, the T. Rex wouldn't have appeared until December 26th, dinosaurs would have gone extinct by December 27th, and humans would have arrived on December 31st.

October 10th is World Mental Health Day!

Camels can swim

Astronomers recently spotted 20 more moons orbiting Saturn, bringing its total to 82.