Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s life was saved by a random toilet break
M&M’s turned down product placement in ET
There is a type of mouse that howls to defend its territory
The words “laser” and “radar” were originally acronyms
Men are 23% more likely to be left-handed than women
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 15°C and a maximum of 25°C
Some hazy sun, then clouds moving in; air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups
Sunrise: 6:17 AM
Sunset: 6:06 PM
Today in History:
Born on this day:
1948 Al Gore
American politician, 45th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 Cesar Chavez
American activist
1732 Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach
German organist, composer
1596 René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician
Deaths On This Day – 30 March
2014 Charles Keating
American lawyer, businessman
1980 Jesse Owens
American sprinter
1972 Meena Kumari
Indian actress
1850 John C. Calhoun
American politician, 7th Vice President of the United States
1621 Philip III of Spain
