RANDOM Math FACTS #1

Fun and fascinating facts in the world of numbers...

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CANADIAN Facts #1 - The coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada...

Now THAT'S cold!

To put the freeze into perspective, the coldest temperature ever recorded in Toronto was -31.3 C on Jan. 4, 1981. It was -44.7 C with the windchill. The coldest place on Earth is Antarctica, where it was -93 on Aug. 10, 2010.

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RANDOM FACT #31 - The Last PUBLIC EXECUTION in the United States was in 1936...

Many scholars maintain that the unprecedented nationwide attention and coverage the execution received caused the United States to outlaw public executions. Therefore, Bethea was the last individual to be hanged publicly in the United States.

A FEW THINGS ABOUT... Autumn

Autumn, also known as fall in North American English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere), when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier and the temperature cools considerably. One of its main features is the shedding of leaves from deciduous trees.

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RANDOM FACT #30 - 'SLEEPER HIT' is the Term Given to a Film or Music that Becomes SUCCESSFUL Despite Having LITTLE Promotion.

RANDOM FACT #29 - NASA was Once FINED $400 for Littering over Western Australia

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Skylab was the United States' first space station, orbiting Earth from 1973 to 1979, when it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Launched and operated by NASA, Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 170,000 pounds (77,111 kg). Lifting Skylab into low earth orbit was the final mission and launch of a Saturn V rocket (which was famous for the first--and subsequent--manned moon landings).

RANDOM FACT #28 - Texas' LAST MEAL was Abolished After a REALLY, REALLY LARGE Last Meal That Was Never Eaten