Fact Bomb of the Day

Fact Bombs of November 2026

7 surprising facts, one a day, about Super Mario, Minecraft, Happy Birthday song and more. Tap a day to see its fact.

  1. Sun 1 Super Mario In Super Mario, the iconic 'Goomba' enemy was the very last thing added to the original game. Developers only added them because they realized they needed an enemy that was easy to defeat for the very first level!
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  7. Sat 7 Minecraft The iconic Minecraft Creeper was actually created by accident! Notch, the game's creator, was trying to code a pig, but he swapped the height and length values, resulting in the tall, shivering, green monster we know today.
  8. Sun 8 Happy Birthday song Many assume the classic 'Happy Birthday' song is free for anyone to use, but it was under copyright protection for decades until 2016, when a court ruled it belonged in the public domain and could finally be sung publicly without paying hefty licensing fees.
  9. Mon 9 LEGO Many believe the colorful 'Lego' bricks have always been plastic, but the company actually began as a small woodworking shop in 1932! Founder Ole Kirk Christiansen originally crafted wooden toys, and they only started producing plastic bricks nearly 20 years later.
  10. Tue 10 Goldfish pets Many people assume that goldfishes have a three-second memory, but studies have shown they can actually retain memories for months and can even be trained to navigate mazes and recognize their owners.
  11. Wed 11 Sponge If you push a sponge through a fine mesh sieve, the individual cells can reorganize themselves and grow back into a fully formed sponge.
  12. Thu 12 Zelda: Ocarina In 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time', Link's horse Epona is named after a real Celtic goddess of horses, who was considered the protector of ponies, mules, and donkeys in ancient mythology.
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