Small Talk - Micro Learning

Research on Antarctic Icefish (Channichthyidae family) found they’re the only vertebrates with transparent blood, surviving subzero seas with natural antifreeze.

Source: Science Direct

Learn more on your iPhone

Get the small talk app to receive words, facts, quotes and more each day

Previous facts of the day

During pregnancy, your feet may grow by about half a shoe size — roughly 0.4 inches (1 cm) in length.

Every day, Google fields around 14 billion searches — and 15% of them, nearly 2 billion, have never been searched before.

The technology behind the first electric rice cookers, introduced in 1955, is still widely used today. Like the bicycle, it’s often seen as ‘perfected’ technology.

The 10,000-steps-a-day goal doesn’t originate from clinical science. Instead, it comes from a 1965 marketing campaign by a Japanese company that was selling pedometers.

Elephants, dolphins, and parrots use unique name-like calls to identify themselves as individuals. Whales and bats are suspected of doing the same.

Currently, around 20 countries have enough reliable snowfall to host the Winter Olympics. By 2040, that number is expected to drop to just 10.

Content

General

Copyright