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Windows key + X: Open the power user menu
Windows key + H: Start dictation
The longest Cricket Test match lasted over 12 days between England and South Africa. It only ended because the English team would have missed their boat home.
MIT, often cited as one of the world’s most prestigious universities, puts almost all of its course materials online for anyone to access for free.
Windows key + I: Open Settings
What makes you think I am using an automated script? I have been manually copy pasting stuff from websites. Infact, I have been going through most facts to make sure there's no repetition.
Madagascar got its name when Marco Polo misspelled it. The name stuck, and the island was christened to the name in 1500.
HISTORY FACTS 1840s
During the February 22-23, 1847, Battle of Buena Vista, General Taylor's U.S. Army of 4800 men defeats Mexico's 15,000-man force lead by General Santa Anna.
HISTORY FACTS 1840s
The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia on May 7, 1847.
HISTORY FACTS 1840s
On January 24, 1848, James Marshall discovers gold near Sutter's Fort, California. The discovery of gold is the beginning of the California Gold Rush of 1849.
Windows key + P: Choose a presentation display mode
Windows key + P: Choose a presentation display mode
The time taken to post exactly 4 posts in a minute, it's a huge red flag if you know what i mean.
Windows key + O: Lock device orientation
HISTORY FACTS 1840s
The 1849 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War. In exchange for $15 million and settling $3.25 million in American claims, Mexico cedes approximately 500,000 square miles of territory in the western and southwestern United States.
HISTORY FACTS 1840s
Elizabeth Blackwell receives the first medical degree awarded to a woman on January 23, 1849, from the Medical Institute of Geneva, NY.
Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste text without formatting in various applications
HISTORY FACTS 1840s
Henry David Thoreau publishes "Resistance to Civil Government," later known as "Civil Disobedience," in 1849.
Tom Hanks had an asteroid named after him which was called “12818 Tomhanks.“
The number of stars on the EU flag doesn’t represent anything. 12 stars were chosen as a number with no political association and as a symbol of unity.
High heels are nothing new to the world. In the 18th Century, they were fashionable even for children.
Killdeer birds fake injuries to fool predators. The species will feign being injured in order to lure predators toward them and away from their nest of offspring. When the predator gets close enough, the killdeer miraculously “recovers” and beats a hasty retreat.
Elephants think people are cute, the same way people think puppies or kittens are cute.
Cats which have blue eyes for the duration of their lives are likely to be deaf.
The manager of Guinness started the Guinness Book of World Records when he got annoyed that he couldn’t find out what the fastest game bird was ever recorded.
Barry Manilow wrote many famous jingles for companies like McDonald’s, State Farm, and BandAids.
One of the smartest bird species is the magpie. They can even recognize themselves in mirrors.
In order to keep Nazis away, a Polish doctor faked a typhus outbreak. This strategy saved 8,000 people.
C'mon man. This is what I am doing to avoid the 5 posts/minute limitation. I am manually copying each fact posting 4 in a minute and then I start the timer manually, then wait for it to complete before posting the next 4.
Just curious, why targeting just me? Don't you see other members as well?
There’s very little evidence the TSA has ever stopped a terrorist or found a real bomb. When tested, they failed to find fake weapons and bombs 95% of the time.