New English Canaan, written by Thomas Morton, was the first book to be banned in the US. It was banned in 1637 for its harsh criticisms of the restrictive Puritan customs of the New English colony at the time.
The first photo of a person was an accident. In 1838, Louis Daguerre took a photo of a Paris street that appeared empty due to the long exposure time—except for a man getting his boots shined, who stood still long enough to appear in the image.
Earth’s magnetic poles flip roughly every 200k to 300k years, but the last reversal was about 780k years ago. Some scientists think we’re overdue, but the timing is unpredictable and could take thousands of years. A flip might disrupt technology and
In Japanese mythology, Oni can mean a variety of things like demon, troll, orc or ogre. Children play "oni gokko", which is the same as Tag, but who is "it" is called "the oni"
If you were to lay out all the blood vessels in the human body end to end, they would stretch over 60,000 miles. That's enough to circle the Earth more than twice!
