Fact of the Day

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Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.

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Cleopatra wore a unique red lipstick created from flowers, red ochre, fish scales, crushed ants, carmine, and beeswax. Her signature shade made red a popular choice, and as a result, the use of carmine became more widespread.

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In Colombia, dried ants replace popcorn as the typical movie theater snack.

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Boeing calls it Project SPUDS or Synthetic Personnel Using Dielectric Substitution—that is, using sacks of potatoes perched on aircraft seats to test the effectiveness of a wireless signal in an airliner cabin.

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Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was the wrestling champion of his county in Illinois. He fought in nearly 300 matches and lost only one.

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It’s a tradition for the post offices of Romeo, Michigan, and Juliette, Georgia, to offer a special dual postmark leading up to Valentine’s Day.