DID YOU KNOW?
This week the team has created some rather informative and interesting facts. Enjoy these facts and learn something new about the events occurring in our world.
1. When Alexander Fleming went on vacation in 1928, he left a petri dish in his lab. When he came back, he discovered that the mould had rendered the microorganisms in the container inert. This was the first antibiotic ever discovered. Alexander called it “mould juice,” later known as penicillin.
2. On a farm in a little town in Michigan, Henry Ford was born. Ford has shown enthusiasm about machines. He received a pocket watch when he was 15 and developed a reputation as an expert watchmaker. Henry Ford left the farm to look for work and joined the Edison Illuminating Company as an engineer.
3. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the sport involved throwing live foxes through the air using slings, with a person on each end to propel the fox aloft. The winning team was the one with the highest throw. A circular canvas screen was placed in the arena where the sport was often played.
4. A few years ago, scientists found a planet that was roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. K2-155d is the name of this planet, which is located about 200 light years away. This planet may have water on its surface and orbit a very hot, small star. A group of Japanese astronomers identified K2-155d.
5. The Colosseum is the world’s largest amphitheatre. The outside stone of the Colosseum appears to have pockmarks all over it. However, Marble actually covered it. When the city was ravaged by Goths, they took practically all of the marble from the Colosseum, which is why there are pockmarks.
6. When Kleenex tissues were first made available to the general public in 1924, The army attempted to employ a thin, flat cotton replacement developed by Kimberly-Clark during World War I as a filter for gas masks. Scientists improved the material after the war to make it softer and smoother.
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