tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452174792959650042024-03-05T21:21:07.965-08:00Knead to KnowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-41470559883231089442016-01-06T14:23:00.001-08:002016-01-06T14:31:51.890-08:00Fact of the Week: January 6, 2016<p dir="ltr">Vampire bats, <i>Desmodus rotundus</i>, have been observed sharing food with fellow roost mates that failed to collect food, or in their case blood.  </p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-53819508372393031162015-12-29T11:08:00.000-08:002015-12-29T11:08:11.396-08:00Fact of the Week: December 29, 2015<div dir="ltr">
Every day about 5,600 people contract HIV in the world. <br />
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Cite: <a href="http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-global-hivaids-epidemic/">http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-global-hivaids-epidemic/</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-21309311670996072242015-12-23T13:03:00.000-08:002015-12-23T13:03:06.236-08:00Fact of the Week: December 23, 2016Today would be Sarah Breedlove's, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, 149th birthday. She was a self made business women, often referred to as a millionaire in her later life. Her company, that she started in 1905, is still successful today.<br />
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Cite: <a href="http://www.indianahistory.org/teachers-students/hoosier-facts-fun/famous-hoosiers/madame-c.j.-walker#.VkOr7mSrQy4">http://www.indianahistory.org/teachers-students/hoosier-facts-fun/famous-hoosiers/madame-c.j.-walker#.VkOr7mSrQy4</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-57453458462886507392015-12-17T07:10:00.000-08:002015-12-17T07:10:11.455-08:00Fact of the Week: December 17, 2015Avatar currently holds the Box Office record for the largest domestic and worldwide grossing film; grossing $749,766,139 and $2.7 billion respectively.<br />
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Cite: <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm">Box Office</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-85648571991522218072015-12-11T12:55:00.000-08:002015-12-11T12:55:00.201-08:00Fact of the Week: December 11, 2016Indiana became a state on Dec. 11, 1816, when President James Madison signed the congressional resolution admitting Indiana to the Union. Happy 200th Birthday Indiana!<br />
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Cite: <a href="http://www.indianahistory.org/teachers-students/hoosier-facts-fun/fun-facts#.VkOq6WSrQy5">http://www.indianahistory.org/teachers-students/hoosier-facts-fun/fun-facts#.VkOq6WSrQy5 </a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-52066371980829015732015-12-01T14:38:00.000-08:002015-12-01T14:38:00.112-08:00Fact of the Week: December 1, 2015Compared with non-transgender peers, transgender youth were found to have an elevated risk of being diagnosed with depression (50.6% vs. 20.6%); suffer from anxiety (26.7% vs. 10%); had attempted suicide (17.2% vs. 6.1%); and had engaged in self-harming activities without lethal intent (16.7% vs. 4.4%).<br />
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Cite: <a href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/transgender-youth-at-risk-for-depression-suicide/">http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/transgender-youth-at-risk-for-depression-suicide/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-19715680747267456102015-11-23T14:17:00.002-08:002015-11-23T14:17:34.515-08:00Fact of the Week: November 23, 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The word Hoosiers, which refers to an Indiana resident, has unknown origin. One of the first uses of it in print was in the 1830's when John Finley, of Richmond, wrote a poem: "The Hoosier's Nest."</div>
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Cite:<a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/extra/hoosier.html"> Indiana University </a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-48688609816609100312015-11-18T09:43:00.002-08:002015-11-18T09:43:43.214-08:00Fact of the Week: November 18, 2015Jane Addams was the second woman, and first American woman to receive a nobel peace prize. She worked to help the poor and to stop the use of children as industrial laborers. She ran Hull House in Chicago, a center which helped immigrants in particular. She also founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919.<br />
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Cite: <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-facts.html">http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-facts.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-81947115964349656072015-11-11T12:53:00.001-08:002015-11-11T12:53:19.656-08:00Fact of the Week: November 11, 2015In 1919, Armistice Day was created by President Wilson to remember the end of WWI. Later in 1934, an Act approved on May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. After WWII, in 1954, Armistice was replaced with Veteran, to honor those who had served. <div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-69042746003416768732015-11-05T17:36:00.001-08:002015-11-11T13:10:36.892-08:00Fact of the Week: Novemeber 5, 2015<div dir="ltr">
October is national pizza month in the United States. Yes pizza month! </div>
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<a href="http://pizza.com/national-pizza-month">http://pizza.com/national-pizza-month</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-21491659774640392502015-11-01T18:45:00.000-08:002015-11-11T13:10:47.785-08:00Fact of the Week: November 1, 2015<br />
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Until 2006, only 10 counties in Indiana observed Daylight Saving Time. Then a law was passed for the whole state to observe the time change. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-24751093387215495562015-10-21T16:08:00.003-07:002015-10-21T16:08:42.968-07:00Fact of the Week: October 21, 2015<div dir="ltr">
Ukulele means jumping flea in Hawaiian. </div>
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Cite: <a href="https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/ukulele-history">https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/ukulele-history</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-62686446260114551652015-10-13T18:31:00.002-07:002015-10-13T18:31:56.421-07:00Fact of the Week: October 13, 201582% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger, someone the victim knows: a friend of a friend, acquaintance, a date, relative or someone else they have encountered before.<br />
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<a href="https://rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders">https://rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders</a><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-26317529760032267502015-10-06T16:49:00.001-07:002015-10-06T16:49:48.956-07:00Fact of the Week: October 6, 2015<p dir="ltr">The ukulele is a redesign of the Portuguese machete de braga, commonly referred to as machete. The machete was brought to Hawaii when Portuguese labors came to Hawaii to work sugar cane fields. </p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/ukulele-history">https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/ukulele-history</a></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-28875465916321247952015-09-29T18:40:00.001-07:002015-09-29T18:40:45.057-07:00Fact of the Week: September 29, 2015New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars! They have been looking for evidence of ancient water and they now have new evidence that supports there is current water flowing on the planet.<br />
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cite: <a href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1858">http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1858</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-39758688532624504542015-09-21T15:47:00.001-07:002015-09-21T15:47:27.063-07:00Fact of the Week: September 21, 2015Today is Bill Murray's 65th Birthday! Happy Birthday Murray!!<br />
<a href="http://www.biography.com/people/bill-murray-9542510">http://www.biography.com/people/bill-murray-9542510</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-24002840327059074622015-09-16T18:30:00.001-07:002015-09-16T18:30:42.939-07:00Fact of the Week: September 16, 2015<p dir="ltr">The kestrel is the smallest, most familiar and widespread falcon in North America. In open country it is commonly seen perched on roadside wires, or hovering low over a field on rapidly beating wings, waiting to pounce on a grasshopper. </p>
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<a href="https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-kestrel">https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-kestrel</a></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-63681783528832598742015-09-03T18:20:00.001-07:002015-09-03T18:20:53.822-07:00Fact of the Week: September 3, 2015<p dir="ltr">Scientists theorizes that there is the same amount of water on Earth now as there was when the Earth formed, about 4.5 billion years ago. <br>
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<a href="http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/waterfactsoflife.cfm">http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/waterfactsoflife.cfm</a></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-27831344267782655742015-08-28T19:03:00.001-07:002015-08-28T19:03:56.767-07:00Fact of the Week: August 28, 2015<p dir="ltr">The pony express only lasted for 18 months total; from April 1860 to October 1861. <br>
Cite: http://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/index.htm</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-12499056866614012392015-08-07T20:51:00.001-07:002015-08-10T17:49:25.596-07:00Fact of the Week: August 10, 2015<p dir="ltr">This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, that overcame legal barriers which were preventing African-American's from voting.<br>
Cite: <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act">http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act</a></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-61089837396172725812015-08-05T18:08:00.002-07:002015-08-24T17:33:33.919-07:00Fact of the Week: August 24, 2015<div>
This August the Mars Rover has spent 3 years on Mars. </div>
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cite: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/three-years-on-mars">http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/three-years-on-mars</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-18967867730183967932015-08-03T10:00:00.000-07:002015-08-03T10:00:01.971-07:00Fact of the Week: August 3, 2015Queen Victoria started the white wedding dress trend in 1840 when she married Prince Albert. She met criticism for the dress, not just due to the color, but for the lack of adornment.<br />
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Cite: <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/queen-victoria-sparked-white-wedding-dress-trend-1840-180953550/?no-ist">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/queen-victoria-sparked-white-wedding-dress-trend-1840-180953550/?no-ist</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-67466237636436595952015-07-29T20:06:00.000-07:002015-07-29T20:06:00.597-07:00Fact of the Week: July 29, 2015President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which established National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), into law on July 29, 1958, 57 year ago today.<br />
cite: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html">http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-61530147351509520832015-07-07T19:13:00.001-07:002015-07-16T07:56:33.756-07:00Fact of the Week: July 16, 2015<p dir="ltr">Mount Tallac is named after the Washoe word dala'ak meaning "large mountain."</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cite: Indian Placenames in America, Volume 1, By Sandy Nestor page 37</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704244809517574463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645217479295965004.post-40064801324553447232015-07-06T15:32:00.000-07:002015-07-06T15:32:00.146-07:00Fact of the Week: July 6, 2015180 years ago, Samuel Clemens started publishing news stories in the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, writing under the name of Mark Twain. A pen name he used from then on.<br />
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