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June 6 – Down To The Levee
Today’s Factismal: Tropical Storm Allison did $5,500,000,000 in damage, making it the costliest tropical storm in US history. It is hurricane season again, and that means that a small disturbance over...
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February 2 – Welcome To Spring!
Today’s factismal: The woodchuck, or groundhog as it is often known, is the largest member of the squirrel family in North America. Happy groundhog day, everyone! As you’ve probably heard, the world’s...
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February 1 – Have A Heart!
Today’s factismal: February is American Heart Month! Quick! If you are a woman, gather three of your female friends. Odds are that one of the four of you has heart disease. That’s because 42.9 million...
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January 20 – Nice Ice Babies
Today’s Factismal: Today is Penguin Awareness Day. Today is a day of Earth-shattering importance. I do not refer to the minor affairs of politics. No! I refer to the fact that today, of all days, is...
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January 2 – Anemia Pint!
Today’s factismal: The human body creates two million red blood cells every second. On a typical day, some 41,000 units of blood will be needed in the US alone. But no day is average; there are good...
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December 26 – One Geek A’Counting
Today’s factismal: There are six types of bird in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Everyone knows the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. That’s no surprise, given that it has been a perennial favorite...
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December 18 – Oh, Nuts!
Today’s factismal: When the Nutcracker debuted on December 18, 1892, it was a flop. Ask someone about Christmas traditions today and odds are that they’ll mention going to see either a ballet of the...
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November 1 – Not-So-Sweet
Today’s factismal: November is National Diabetes Awareness Month Diabetes mellitus (its name means “passing through sweet”, a reference to the increased sugar levels in the urine of diabetics) is one...
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October 31 – Vampire Function
Math is often called the language of science. And the beautiful thing about that language is that it says the same thing whether you are working in chemistry or biology. Peter and Daniel will learn...
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October 25 – Sheer Nonsense
Today’s factismal: The first nylon stockings went on sale in 1939. Back in 1939, women had a big problem: they wanted to wear silk stockings but they couldn’t afford them. The price of a typical pair...
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October 23 – We Are All Starstuff
Today’s factismal: There are about as many atoms in 5 1/2 ounces of oxygen as there are stars in the universe. If you had been a chemist in the 1800s, you would have had a real problem. You knew for a...
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September 29 – Hearty Recommendation
Today’s factismal: Your heart will beat nearly three billion times during your life. Welcome to World Heart Day! Today, we celebrate all things cardiac-related, from the fact that we all got ’em to the...
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July 13 – Healthy As An Ox
Today’s factismal: National Men’s Health Week starts today. Go find a man and help him get healthy! Odds are, you know a man. And if you know a man, odds are that you know a man who is reluctant to...
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June 20 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Today’s factismal: Today is the first day of Summer, the twentieth day of Summer, and the middle of Summer. Right now, you are probably seeing lots of posts complaining that today is only the first day...
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June 8 – Deep Blue
Today’s factismal: It is World Oceans Day – go hug a whale! Today is World Oceans Day, an international celebration of all things briny. And as my part of the celebration, I present ten fast facts...
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June 6 – Down To The Levee
Today’s Factismal: Tropical Storm Allison did $5,500,000,000 in damage, making it the costliest tropical storm in US history. It is hurricane season again, and that means that a small disturbance over...
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June 4 – Up In The Air
Today’s Factismal: Humans put out 135 times the amount of CO2 of all the volcanoes on Earth combined. Today is Clean Air Day, so here are five fast facts about air pollution: 1 The ozone layer has...
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May 30 – Tongue Tied
One of the best things about science is how it corrects mistakes. And one of the worst things about popular culture is how it perpetuates them. Today, Daniel, Peter, and Mary discover the truth behind...
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May 17th – Baby I’m a Star
Today’s factismal: It is National Telecommunication Day. Go call your mother! Today is National Telecommunication Day, celebrating 58 years of communicating with satellites. Amazingly enough, we are...
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May 16 – Glass Cutter
Today’s factismal: The maser was invented in 1953. The optical maser was invented in 1960. It is hard to think of an invention with as many uses as the optical maser in today’s world. We use optical...
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