Trends and Events from the Decade That You Completely Forgot About

Ice Bucket Challenge

The Ice Bucket challenge was meant to raise money for ALS, but it sort of took on a life of its own. That being said, people dumping buckets of ice on their head raised over 115 million for ALS research and awareness. It actually led to the discovery of an ALS gene!

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The More You Know

  • February used to be the last month of the year, which is why it has the shortest number of days.
  • A reservoir in space holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.
  • Maine is the only state that has a one-syllable name.
  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
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