Receipts
Sources
Every published fact links back to its source trail.
- Does Antarctica contain extremely dry valleys?: NSF Office of Polar Programs; NASA Earth Observatory Antarctica
- Are bats actually blind?: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bats; Bat Conservation International
- Was the Declaration signed on July Fourth?: National Archives Declaration of Independence; Library of Congress Declaration Primary Documents
- Was Symbolics.com one of the first registered domains?: Internet Hall of Fame Domain Name System; ICANN History
- Do earthquake machines record shaking as zigzags?: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program; USGS Earthquake Glossary
- Did radio help save the Eiffel Tower?: Eiffel Tower Official History; Encyclopaedia Britannica Eiffel Tower
- Was a real moth found in an early computer?: Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Computer History Museum
- Is email older than the World Wide Web?: CERN The Birth of the Web; Internet Hall of Fame Ray Tomlinson
- Does GPS need relativity to stay accurate?: NIST Time and Frequency; Physics Today GPS Relativity
- Can honey stay edible for a very long time?: National Honey Board Honey Storage; Utah State University Extension
- Does most international internet traffic travel under the sea?: NOAA Submarine Cables; FCC Submarine Cable Landing Licenses
- Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot a giant storm?: NASA Jupiter Facts; NASA Juno Mission
- Is the Liberty Bell famous partly because it cracked?: National Park Service Liberty Bell; National Constitution Center Liberty Bell
- Is the Library of Congress enormous?: Library of Congress Fascinating Facts; Library of Congress About
- Can lightning get hotter than the Sun's surface?: NOAA National Weather Service Lightning; NASA Sun Facts
- Is Abraham Lincoln the only U.S. president with a patent?: United States Patent and Trademark Office; Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln Papers
- Can a mantis shrimp strike faster than a blink?: Smithsonian Ocean Mantis Shrimp; University of California Berkeley News
- Does Mars have a volcano taller than Everest?: NASA Mars Facts; NASA Mars Exploration
- Can astronaut footprints last on the Moon for ages?: NASA Moon Facts; NASA Apollo 11 Mission Overview
- Is most of the ocean still unmapped in high detail?: NOAA Ocean Exploration; NOAA National Ocean Service
- Does an octopus have three hearts?: Smithsonian Ocean Octopus; Monterey Bay Aquarium Giant Pacific Octopus
- Does Pluto have a giant heart-shaped region?: NASA New Horizons; NASA Pluto Facts
- Was the QR code invented in the 1990s?: DENSO Wave QR Code Development Story; ISO QR Code Standard Overview
- Is a rainbow actually a full circle?: NOAA SciJinks Rainbow; NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory Weather FAQ
- Would Saturn float in a big enough bathtub?: NASA Saturn Facts; NASA Solar System Exploration: Saturn
- Do sea otters use rocks as tools?: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sea Otter; Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter
- Are sharks older than trees?: Smithsonian Ocean Sharks; UC Museum of Paleontology Devonian
- Was the Statue of Liberty originally copper-colored?: National Park Service Statue of Liberty; Smithsonian Magazine Statue of Liberty
- Can tardigrades survive exposure to space?: Current Biology Tardigrades in Space; NASA Astrobiology
- Can forest fungi connect tree roots?: U.S. Forest Service Mycorrhizae; Royal Society Publishing
- Is a day on Venus longer than its year?: NASA Venus Facts; NASA Solar System Exploration: Venus
- Does water expand when it freezes?: USGS Water Science School; NOAA National Ocean Service
- Can you still visit a copy of the first website?: CERN The Birth of the Web; CERN First Website Restoration
- Did the first Wright brothers flight last under a minute?: National Park Service Wright Brothers; Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- Are Yellowstone geysers powered by hidden heat?: National Park Service Yellowstone Geysers; USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory