Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
Snakes can help predict earthquakes
Ketchup was a medicine in the early 1800s
Only 5% of the ocean has been explored
The word “emoji” comes from the Japanese words “e” and “moji”, which mean “picture” and “character”
Grapes are fatally toxic to cats and dogs – even in small amounts
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 13°C and a maximum of 23°C
Rather cloudy and not as warm; occasional rain and a thunderstorm in the afternoon
Sunrise: 6:15 AM
Sunset: 6:11 PM
LOCKDOWN DAY: 1 – 21 left
Today in History:
Births On This Day – 27 March
1971 David Coulthard
Scottish race car driver
1970 Mariah Carey
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress
1963 Quentin Tarantino
American director, screenwriter, producer
1924 Sarah Vaughan
American singer
1845 Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths On This Day – 27 March
2006 Rudolf Vrba
Czech/Canadian holocaust survivor, educator
2002 Billy Wilder
Austrian/American director
1972 M. C. Escher
Dutch illustrator
1968 Yuri Gagarin
Russian pilot, astronaut
1898 Syed Ahmad Khan
Indian educator, politician
