Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
The average person produces about half a pint of sweat each day from their feet
Pigs are very smart animals
It takes 600 cows to make one season’s worth of NFL footballs
The compound used to make dynamite is used for treating heart problems
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 12°C and a maximum of 21°C
Clouds and breaks of sun; not as warm with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm
Sunrise: 6:25AM
Sunset: 5:50 PM
Today in History:
Born on this day:
1974 Victoria Beckham
English singer, actress
1972 Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lankan cricketer
1966 Vikram
Indian actor, singer, producer
1964 Maynard James Keenan
American singer-songwriter, producer
1734 Taksin
Thai king
Deaths On This Day – 17 April
2014 Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author, journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
2014 Karpal Singh
Malaysian politician
1988 Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
1790 Benjamin Franklin
American politician, scientist, publisher, 6th President of Pennsylvania
1680 Kateri Tekakwitha
American saint
