Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
In 1977, scientists received a signal from deep space
Cockroaches can live for weeks without their heads
A person adds 37 million bacteria to a room every hour
When you eat oysters raw, they’re still alive
Lobsters have teeth in their stomach
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 12°C and a maximum of 22°C
Variable cloudiness; air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups
Sunrise: 6:22AM
Sunset: 5:56 PM
Today in History:
Born on this day:
1987 Hayley Westenra
New Zealand soprano
1951 David Helvarg
American journalist, activist
1932 Omar Sharif
Egyptian actor
1847 Joseph Pulitzer
Hungarian/American politician, journalist, publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc.
1778 William Hazlitt
English critic, painter
Deaths On This Day – 10 April
1966 Evelyn Waugh
English author, journalist
1965 Linda Darnell
American actress
1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French/American priest, palaeontologist, philosopher
1931 Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese/American poet
1919 Emiliano Zapata
Mexican general
