Important American Years
On September 11, four planes were hijacked to commit terrorist attacks on the United States.
2001
To intimidate their enemies and denote status, Vikings wore horns on their helmets.
Vikings did not wear horned helmets and this was made up later by artists.
Orange
Loves Lasagna
Hates Mondays
Garfield
They started as a wholesaler of coffee beans in Seattle.
Starbucks
3.141592654
Pi
The COVID-19 pandemic began to create widespread shutdowns in the US in March of this year.
2020
Humans only use 10% of their brains.
Humans use all of their brain at various times. There is no secret unlockable part.
Pink
Lives Under a Rock
Echinoderm
Patrick
This company started as an online bookstore.
Amazon
98.6
Human body temperature in degrees F
Barack Obama was elected to become the first African-American president in this year.
2008
Seasons are caused because Earth is closer to the Sun in the summer.
Seasons are caused by the Earth’s tilt, causing direct sunlight to be on different hemispheres at opposite times of the year.
Owns a Talking Map
Purple Backpack
Fox Nemesis
Dora the Explorer
This Japanese game company started in 1889 making playing cards. They would become internationally renown for games a century later.
Nintendo
4 🫀
4 chambers of the heart
Not long after our war of independence, the United States ended up in another war with Great Britain due to the impressment of sailors and the establishment of our country on the world stage.
1812
Christopher Columbus proved the world was round after medieval scholars followed the flat earth model for centuries.
Everyone knew the Earth was round at this time. Columbus’s main controversial argument was that the Earth was much smaller than navigators thought. He was wrong.
Rings
Gotta go Fast
Fox and Echidna Friend
Sonic the Hedgehog
This company’s business plan started by mailing people DVDs and letting them exchange them whenever they wanted.
Netflix
365.25
Days in a year
Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon.
1969
Larva evolve into butterflies after they emerge from a chrysalis.
Evolution is not what occurs when an individual organism undergoes change. Evolution happens to populations over many generations.
The butterfly larva is undergoing metamorphosis.
Great Dane
Glutton
Talkative
Scooby-Doo
A popular drive-in BBQ joint had a large menu, until the two owners noticed that the vast majority of their revenue came from just burgers, fries, and sodas.
McDonald’s
🎶 88
The United States was attacked in December by Japanese forces to destroy our ability to enter World War II.
1941
Larva evolve into butterflies after they emerge from a chrysalis.
Evolution is not what occurs when an individual organism undergoes change. Evolution happens to populations over many generations.
The butterfly larva is undergoing metamorphosis.
Sailor
Spinach
Pipe
Popeye
This Danish company originally made wooden toys. This was before plastic became a mainstream material.
Lego
9.8m/s2
Acceleration due to gravity on Earth
George Washington became the first US president in this year.
1789
Plants get their matter from food in the soil.
Plants take in CO2 from the air to make sugar which becomes the bulk of their mass.
Eats the Jelly from your Eyes
Takes Mud Baths
Finds True Love
Shrek
This website was originally made just for students at Harvard University to connect to each other.
Eventually, everyone had to have one.
206
Typical number of bones in an adult human.