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The astronomer Edwin Hubble a fter whom the Hubble Telescope was named, was born on this date in 1899. Some words of wisdom from him: T...

On this date in 1931, Vitamin D-1 crystals were produced in Germany. 10 things you might not know about Vitamin D. When vitamin A was d...

George Gallup, pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll was born on this date in 1901. 10 things you didn’t kno...

Today’s Latvian name day is Vera. Vera is a female first name of Russian origin. In Russian, Vera means faith, although it has also been sai...

Today is National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day. I’ve done  Raisins  and  Bread  already, so here are 10 things you might not know about cinnamo...

On this date in 1810 Humphrey Davy announced his discovery that Chlorine is an element. 10 things you may not know about that element: It...

14 November is  Great White Whale Day: in 1851, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was first published. 10 things you might not know about it: ...