Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
In Japan, girls buy boys gifts on Valentine’s Day
Over one quarter of the world’s hazelnuts are used to make Nutella
Seeing Eye dogs can poop on command
Scientists put fake tails on chickens to understand how T-Rex might have walked
Mock naval battles were sometimes held in Rome’s Colosseum
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 13°C and a maximum of 25°C
Mostly cloudy with a t-storm in spots in the afternoon; unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups
Sunrise: 6:18 AM
Sunset: 6:06 PM
Today in History:
Born on this day:
1961 Susan Boyle
Scottish singer
1940 Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist, Nobel Prize laureate
1875 Edgar Wallace
English journalist, author, playwright
1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russian pianist, composer, conductor
1815 Otto von Bismarck
German politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire
Deaths On This Day – 1 April
2010 John Forsythe
American actor
1984 Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter
1976 Max Ernst
German painter, sculptor, poet
1930 Cosima Wagner
1917 Scott Joplin
American pianist, composer
