10 Facts About Today

Here are 10 spicy facts about burritos that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. Burrito means “little donkey”
   1. No one knows why but some common theories:
      1. They look like donkey ears
      2. They were sold out of a donkey cart
      3. They look like the bedrolls that donkeys carry on their backs
2. Burritos Aren’t a Traditional Dish in Southern Mexico
   1. They started in Northern Mexico
   2. Because wheat only grows in the north
3. They’re not called burritos in central mexico
   1. They are called “Tacos de Harina” or flour tacos
   2. Not very popular in mexico
   3. Very Popular with Americans
4. A Chimichanga is a deep fried burrito
   1. Definitely not popular in mexico
   2. You can buy them in some touristy places in mexico
   3. Much more popular in the US
   4. Like burritos you can pretty much fill it with anything
5. “Burrito” is a generic term
   1. There are multiple types of burritos:
      1. Mission Burritos - Chipotle, Moes
      2. “Burrito Suizo” Smothered Burrito, or Wet Burrito  - usually in sit-down restaurants, covered in sauce, and usually baked
6. Sushi Burritos are on the rise
   1. Gaining in popularity
   2. Much healthier than the mexican counterpart
   3. It's basically a big sushi roll
7. A group of people pranked the world with a burrito
   1. They got a justin bieber look alike
   2. Sat him on a bench
   3. He ate a burrito sideways, like not from the top
8. The mission style burrito was invented in San Francisco
   1. From the mission district in san francisco
   2. Most popular style of burrito in the US
9. Burritos first came to the US officially in the 1930’s
   1. They were first added to the menu at El Cholo Spanish Café in Los Angeles
10. The record for fastest burrito eaten was 44 seconds
    1. Leah Shutkever
    2. From Birmingham, UK
    3. Set in May of 2019

Today is April Fool’s day. 

Here are 10 facts about April Fools that you didn’t know, that you actually needed to know:

April Fools.

1. Scottish Celebrate April Fool’s for 2 days. 
2. 32 percent of workers say they have either initiated or been on the receiving end of an April Fools' Day prank 
3. Apparently Spaghetti Grows on trees
   1. In 1957 the BBC broadcasted a movie where Swiss Farmers had trees filled with spaghetti
   2. The farmers were picking the trees
   3. They next day the BBC was flooded with requests to buy a spaghetti plant
   4. They got so many requests that they needed to make a public statement that it was a hoax/prank 
4. Taco Bell claimed it bought the liberty bell and was renaming it thee taco liberty bell. 1996
5. April Fools Day used to be New Years
   1. It started when we moved over to the Gregorian calendar
   2. New Years was switched from April 1st to January 1st
   3. People who would celebrate on April 1st still were being foolish
6. It also has ties to Rome’s Laughing Day
   1. Roman Laughing Day is a day where people just joke around
   2. Usually telling jokes, and less tricking
   3. Meant to celebrate the Vernal Equinox
7. In some countries April fools day is April Fish Day
   1. People try to stick a little paper fish on your back without you noticing
   2. Kind of like a kick me sign 
   3. Italy, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and French-speaking areas of Switzerland 
   4. Also in france people would publish stories in the news papers that would incorporate a fish as a prank
8. Ireland “sends the fool further”
   1. Its a prank where you give someone a sealed envelop thats very important
   2. You ask them to deliver it to a very important person
   3. That person opens the envelop puts the letter back, and sends the messenger to give it to someone again
   4. The letter just says “send the fool further”
9. Pokemon GO was started as an April Fools Joke
   1. In 2014 Google Maps and Pokemon released a video stating there would be an AR real world pokemon game
   2. It got so much hype that Nintendo actually looked for partners to make the game
   3. They ended up going with Niantic because of Ingres
   4. PoGo is the 6th highest grossing mobile game at $4.7M a year all from a joke
10. In many spanish-speaking countries and the Philippines they celebrate in December
    1. Its called “Holy Innocents day”
    2. Usually december 27, 28, or 29th
    3. They celebrate this is Syria too, but on January 10th

Bonus Fact:

1. This may be the first year that New York doesn’t release an April fools day parade press release.

Today is National Crayon day. 

Here are 10 colorful facts about crayons that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. Crayons used to be scented
   1. Brown used to smell like chocolate
   2. Red was cherry
   3. Black was licorice
   4. This was all the way up to 1995
   5. Parents were worried that their kids would eat them
2. Crayola makes 3 Billion crayons a year
   1. That’s enough to circle the earth 6 times
   2. Of those 3 billion, blue is the most popular color
   3. 226 Billion have been produced to date
3. They used to be sold door-to-door
   1. This was in 1903
   2. They were an 8-count box
   3. They costed nickel at that time
   4. Inflation makes that worth about $1.50 today
4. The average American kid will wear down 720 crayons by his/her 10th birthday
   1. Kids also spend an average of 28 minutes coloring everyday
5. One of their top crayon makers was colorblind
   1. He worked for them for 37 years
   2. He retired in 1990
   3. He help produce 1.4Billion crayons
6. Crayola has over 100 colors
   1. Currently 120 colors you can buy today
   2. There are actually more though, because there were some special editions
   3. Oprah's “the color purple”
7. The left-over stubs of crayons have a name
   1. They are called “leftolas”
   2. Left over crayolas 
8. The largest crayon in the world weighs 1,500 lbs
   1. Its 16 ft long
   2. Its blue
   3. They melted a bunch of little crayons to make it
9. There used to be a booger scented crayon
   1. It was called booger buster
   2. It was made to appeal to fans of garbage pail kids
10. Crayons are one for the most recognizable scents
    1. Yale conducted a study to find the 20 most recognizable scents
    2. Crayons came in at 18th
    3. Coffee was number 1

Today is National Virtual Vacation day. 

Here are 10 cyber facts about virtual vacations that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. You can go to a national park
   1. Google Earth you can actually “walk” through the parks and their trails and see all the big spots.
   2. According to USnews.com these are the top 5 parks, and they are all on google earth:
      1. Yellowstone
      2. Yosemite
      3. Glacier
      4. Grand Canyon
      5. Zion
2. You can take a trip to the Zoo
   1. Pandas, elephants, Penguins, Polar bears, koalas, giraffes, tigers
   2. Sharks, stingrays, otters, sea turtles
   3. Some of the best zoos and aquariums in the country have live streams of their exhibits:
      1. San Diego Zoo
      2. Monterey Bay Aquarium
      3. Smithsonian’s National Zoo
      4. Houston Zoo
      5. Atlanta Zoo
3. You can check out a museum
   1. You can get virtual tours of amazing museums around the world
      1. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
      2. The Guggenheim Museum
      3. ‘Travel’ to Japan and check out the Tokyo National Museum
      4. The Louvre
      5. Museum of Modern Art
4. You can go see a stage show
   1. BroadwayHD.com
      1. This one is a subscription service, but there is a 7-day free trial
   2. Metropolitan Opera
      1. Thanks to donors, this one is free
      2. A different live show every night, and the show’s available for 24 hours until the next one is released
      3. On Roku, AppleTV, amazon devices, samsung smart tvs
5. You can take a family vacation to Disney
   1. Youtube channel “Virtual Disney World”
   2. 360° videos of all the Disney World Rides
   3. It came out a couple years ago so it even includes some older rides that have closed 
      1. The great movie ride
   4. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyJUEtYv-ZW7BgjhP3UbTg
6. You can go to Rome
   1. On the Colosseum’s website you can take tours of:
      1. The colosseum
      2. The Roman Forum
      3. The Pantheon
      4. https://www.il-colosseo.it/
7. You can visit NASA
   1. Langley Research Center and Glenn Research center are offering free online tours.
   2. If you download the Space Center Houston’s app, you can even interact with some experiences in AR
   3. https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-at-home-virtual-tours-and-augmented-reality
8. Explore Machu Picchu in Peru
   1. They have 360° views of the Inca settlement ruins
   2. There is a narrating tour guide you can choose to listen to
   3. You can check out all the popular viewing sites
   4. https://www.youvisit.com/tour/machupicchu?pl=f
9. You can get a VR tour or Tokyo
   1. https://youtu.be/OR_Y7vj66PU
   2. You can either use a headset and get 360° views or
   3. You can watch in 2D, which is still pretty cool
10. You can go to Mars
    1. Google and NASA partnered to collect photos from the Curiosity Rover
    2. They modeled a replica of the Martian surface, and you can explore Mars in 360°
    3. https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/#

Today is Quentin Tarantino’s birthday. 

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Here are 10 inglorious facts and pulp non-fictions  about Quentin Tarantino that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. He dropped out of high school at 16. His mom forced him to get a job, so he got one… at an adult video theater.
2. He made cards for his mom every Mother’s Day but they had a twist. They always contained a story where she died.
3. He hates product placement in films, so he creates his own brands for his movies.
4. He wrote the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers as a clerk at Video Archives.
5. You'd  most likely never catch him watching Netflix. He sees it as thoughtless scrolling.
6. Tarantino wrote the script True Romance and sold it for $50,000.
7. He used the True Romance money to make Reservoir dogs.
8. He was named after Burt Reynolds… kind of. (Quint Asper from Gunsmoke)
9. His movies take place in his “realer-than-real” universe.
10. He’s vowed to retire from movies after 10 feature films.

Today is National Spinach day. 

Here are 10 vitamin packed facts about spinach that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. Popeye is responsible for a 33% spike in spinach sales during the Great Depression
2. Spinach was used to paint green in medieval times.  
3. Spinach is related to beets.
4. Spinach has more potassium than bananas
5. Spinach can stop Explosions
6. We all know cucumbers are mostly water, but so is spinach.
7. Spinach has high levels of oxalate which makes it hard for your body to absorb Iron.
8. Unlike most veggies, cooked spinach is more nutritious than raw. 
9. During WW1 wine was infused with spinach juice to stop soldiers who were hemorrhaging blood. 

Today is International Waffle Day. 

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Here are 10 fluffy facts about waffles that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. The precursor to the first waffles didn’t look or taste anything like the ones we are used to. They were originally invented by the ancient greeks.
2. Catholic Church sold early version of waffles in Middle Ages at religious fairs and festivals.
3. Thomas Stackbeck created the first commercial electric waffle iron in 1911.
4. Ice cream cones were invented when a Missouri Ice cream vendor ran out of cups. They are just folded waffles.
5. The rectangular grid came as a way to cook less batter over a greater surface area.
6. Waffles inspired the first pair of Nike Shoes.
7. The Eggo Brand started as a mayo company.
8. When they first went to market, Eggos were called Froffles.
9. The first waffle iron in America was brought by Thomas Jefferson.
10. There are 2 waffle days, National Waffle Day August 24th, International Waffle Day March 25th.

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Here are 10 cheesy facts about cheesesteak that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. The Philadelphia Eagles set the record for longest sandwich.
2. A ‘philly taco’ is a Cheesesteak wrapped in a slice of pizza.
3. The first cheesesteaks were sold out of a hotdog stand.
4. There is a secret to cutting cheesesteak meat so thin - its frozen.
5. All Cheez wiz is not created equally.
6. The first cheesesteaks didn’t have cheese.
7. The first cheese that was added to the cheesesteak was provolone not cheese wiz.
8. A restaurant in Philly sells a $120 chew steak. It’s the most expensive in the world.
9. Rumors started spreading that Pats was using horse meat in their sandwiches. Pat said he would offer $10,000 to anyone that could prove it.
10. Geno’s electric bill is $5000 a month.

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Here are 10 puppy-licious facts about puppies that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. Puppies are born blind and deaf. 
2. Baby Dalmatians are born without any spots. 
3. The word pup is can be used for young sharks, giraffes, guinea pigs and rats. 
4. Puppys have baby teeth just like humans and they lose them between 4-7 months. 
5. Your dog can smell your feelings including fear and nervousness. They can also detect if you are pregnant or sick.
6. Some puppies are born green. 
7. Puppies like ‘baby talk’ more than ‘normal talk’
8. Looking at puppies can make you more productive.
9. Puppies can be identical twins.
10. Dogs actually CAN see colors.

Today is National Ravioli Day. 

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Here are 10 saucy facts about ravioli that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. Ravioli literally means “to wrap”.
2. Ravioli's are considered dumplings
3. Ravioli's are usually made at home.
4. There is a starfish that looks just like ravioli.
5. 87% of Americans love ravioli's.
6. The first mentions of Ravioli was in the 14th century.
7. Canned ravioli was pioneered by the Italian Army in the First World War
   1. Chef Boyardee in the US in 1930’s
8. Italian tradition is to serve vegetarian ravioli, particularly on Fridays.
   1. Meat is served as a side or later in the meal.
9. The longest Ravioli in history was made in Russia in 2013 at it measured 96 feet long.
10. Deep Fried Raviolis were invented in the US.
    1. St Louis to be Specific.

Bonus Fact: 

• Saturn inner moons look like ravioli