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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/eleanor-742897.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/">Eleanor Roosevelt</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: president, theodore roosevelt, history, famous people, religion, government, white house, haunting, ghost, supernatural, sleep, anna eleanor roosevelt, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116205428880452326?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/first-lady-eleanor-roosevelt-was-so.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-116197788383324121</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-26T08:06:52.948-04:00</atom:updated><title>On Christmas Day, 1968, a scheduling mixup left Checkpoint Charlie unmanned for 12 hours.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/stop-714720.png"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/parthenon-778819.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html">The Parthenon</a><br />- <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/">Prehistoric life</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: science and technology, history, nature, culture and places, terrible lizards, ancient greece, greek, architecture, doric, ionic, corinthian, columns, perikles, pericles, gods and goddesses, metopes, archaeology, pathenon, hadrosaurus, bone wars</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116205312511129289?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/site-where-parthenon-was-built-had-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-116198853515191594</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-26T08:06:00.069-04:00</atom:updated><title>The Red Baron wasn't particularly patriotic - he just wanted to fly. He applied to both the German Army Air Service and the British Royal Air Force.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/redbaron-738272.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/redbaron-735254.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/redbaron/">NOVA: Who killed the Red Baron?</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: manfred albrecht freiherr von richthofen, military, history, famous people, government, fighter pilot, flying ace, dog fight, luftwaffe, oswald boelcke, pour le mérite, the flying circus, lieutenant wilfrid "wop" may, cedric popkin, australian 24th machine gun company, vickers gun, peanuts, snoopy, la baron rouge, le diable rouge, petit rouge, red knight, der rote kampfflieger, world war i, trivia, funa fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116198853515191594?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/red-baron-wasnt-particularly-patriotic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-116191323346256534</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-23T09:56:10.708-04:00</atom:updated><title>The practice of shrinking heads, strongly associated with primitive tribes of South America, was also a common custom among the Knights Templar.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/templar-789620.png"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/di-793281.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/diana01.html">TIME: 100 Heroes</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: famous people, government, lady di, princess of wales, england, death, dodi al-fayed, diana frances spencer, paparazzi, royalty, royal house of windsor, prince william, prince harry, prince charles, car crash, tunnel, conspiracy, belly button, jewelry, fad, fashion, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116178935417485153?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/princess-diana-had-her-navel-pierced.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-115878946871658026</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-21T08:56:52.416-04:00</atom:updated><title>Archimedes endured a tragic fate at the hands of drunken Roman soldiers. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/lion-762517.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.mgm.com/">MGM official site</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: entertainment, history, nature, lion, metro-goldwyn-mayer, cinema, leo the lion mascot, slats, animals, movie, movies, studio, film, hollywood, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116128439804485354?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/lion-used-in-original-mgm-movie-logo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-3937406830398682801</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-19T07:59:21.592-04:00</atom:updated><title>In 2004, a lab at a university in Texas received a $6 million federal grant to breed radioactive armadillos for possible use in warfare.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/armadillo-755233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/armadillo-755228.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/dillo/">Texas Parks and Wildlife</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: science and technology, nature, government, research, radiation, war, terror, weapon of mass destruction, george w. bush, white house, republican, nuclear, geiger counter, trivia, fact of the day, fun fact</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-3937406830398682801?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2007/11/in-2004-lab-at-university-in-texas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-8361267563050217812</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-19T07:58:55.895-04:00</atom:updated><title>In 1903, a stone phallus weighing 2.2 tons was unearthed in rural Ohio.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/ohiophallus-743274.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/ohiophallus-743270.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.archaeological.org/">Archaeological Institute of America</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: history, culture and places, archeology, phallic, sexuality, native americans, mesoamerica, archaeology, indian, art, carving, ancient, trivia, fertility, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-8361267563050217812?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2007/10/in-1903-stone-phallus-weighing-22-tons.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-6309808827214591112</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-15T08:49:13.040-04:00</atom:updated><title>Sesame seeds were so prized during the Middle Ages that in some parts of the world they were worth their weight in gold.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/sesameseeds-756728.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/sesameseeds-756724.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/trade/">Ancient Trade Routes</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: spice trade, spice routes, food preservation sesamum, sesame oil, history, food and drink, culture and places, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-6309808827214591112?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2007/10/sesame-seeds-were-so-prized-during.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-116119627195703830</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-14T08:37:23.282-04:00</atom:updated><title>The face of Uncle Sam, the fictional personification of the United States, was modeled after a door-to-door salesman from Canada.</title><description><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Unclesamwantyou.jpg/200px-Unclesamwantyou.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/chinese-746433.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.asiafood.org/">The Food of Asia</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: food and drink, culture and places, asia, cuisine, chopsticks, grass jelly, pat bing soo, china, thailand, cambodia, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116134707158083135?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/at-2006-world-gourmand-expo-asian.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-116119580176093681</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-12T08:39:47.224-04:00</atom:updated><title>Gregor Mendel, best known as the "father of modern genetics" for his experiments with pea plants, was also the father of the modern nudist movement.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/gmendel-770799.png"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/pump-712071.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_16007_walk-high-heels.html">How to walk in high heels</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: entertainment, science and technology, history, culture and places, shoes, pumps, feet, foot, footwear, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116096278998841824?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/high-heeled-shoes-were-originally.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-2417380860650339958</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-12T08:38:58.999-04:00</atom:updated><title>Nomadic herdsmen of northern Africa commonly used the "Pythagorean theorem" – two centuries before Pythagoras was born.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/pythagoras-700838.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/bigben-762869.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.aboutbritain.com/BigBen.htm">Big Ben</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: entertainment, history, culture and places, clock, england, clock tower, westminster, parliament, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-116096318874130452?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/on-april-fools-day-1975-pranksters.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-115324394760695643</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-07T08:23:49.475-04:00</atom:updated><title>Roman governor Pontius Pilate had a tattoo of an angel across his back.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/pilate-770620.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/pilate-766575.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />See also:<br />- <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12083c.htm">Catholic Encyclopedia: Pontius Pilate</a><br /><br /><cite>keywords: history, religion, culture and places, christianity, famous people, ludaea province of rome, jesus christ, crucifixion, passion, procula, cross, jew, jewish, trivia, fun fact, fact of the day</cite><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-343108-2";urchinTracker();</script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29898685-115324394760695643?l=www.factropolis.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div></description><link>http://www.factropolis.com/2006/10/roman-governor-pontius-pilate-had.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Factropolis HQ)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29898685.post-116065378564790149</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-06T10:13:33.036-04:00</atom:updated><title>Johnny Appleseed planted twice as many pear trees as apple trees.</title><description><a href="http://www.factropolis.com/uploaded_images/jappleseed-715121.png"><img style="display:block; 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