THOUGHT
Imagine you are driving a BMW at 100 mph. The steering locks. The door locks. The brakes fail. You can’t get out! You are heading for a 1,000-foot cliff. WHAT DO YOU DO?
FACT
The only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table is J.
Snakes can help predict earthquakes. They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, up to five days before it happens.
HISTORY
2011 North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died; he was succeeded by his youngest son, Kim Jong-Un.
1903 Flight of the Wright brothers
On this day in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained flights in an airplane—Orville first, gliding 120 feet (36.6 metres) through the air in 12 seconds.
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