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Fishermen from New Zealand, who were fishing in Antarctic waters, came up with the scariest catch ever--a HUGE squid. In fact, they caught the largest squid ever seen. It weighed almost 1000 lbs and was almost 39 feet long. When they pulled it up in their nets, the squid was eating the Patagonia toothfish they had been out to catch.

More facts about this squid:

1. It's identified as a Colossal squid, scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni.

2. Squid like this can grow to be 46 feet long.

In honor of Presidents' Day, here are some little-known facts about the American presidents.

1. Nine Presidents never attended college: Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, A. Johnson, Cleveland, and Truman.

2. The oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43).

Three new games just went up.

Black History Month Quiz

Valentine's Heart Slider

Blue Earth Jigsaw

Enjoy!! 

 

Have you ever wondered what happens to the human body after spending prolonged periods of time in space? The astronauts who spent weeks in Skylab learned that their bodies behaved differently in space than on Earth.

Birdlegs

Legs become thinner and thinner as time passes. The muscles of the legs push fluids and blood upward, which decreases the size of the thighs and calves.


Wasp Waist

The heads of which Presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore?

 

Do you know? Test your knowledge with the U.S. Monuments and Landmarks quiz.

Obviously I love facts, thus I'm called Fact Monster. Maybe you like facts too; that's why you're here! So with that in mind, I suggest reading Day in History. Have you seen this before? Every day we list some of the great events that happened on that exact day. Check it out.

On this day in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.

Now just to make this that much more of a challenge (or an incentive) Karl has made Same Game collect your previous scores so you can play against your previous best score. Sigh . . . this makes me keep trying to beat my old scores!

Dreaming of the life you will live as an adult? We have interesting info about all sorts of jobs including ones you can do that involve building and fixing things. Like being a carpenter, an auto mechanic, a drafter, an architect, and more. Read more about these types of jobs in our career guide.

Daily trivia question for you.

Humans have eight different blod types. Do you know what they are?

  • O+
  • O-
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  • A-
  • B+
  • B-
  • AB+
  • AB-

 How many blood types do you think cows have?

 Can you believe it, about 800 different types!

 More about blood.

Karl just added even more games for you. Word search, jigsaw puzzle, and a slider. Check out January Games.

Have you played Same Game yet? My high score is 3438!! Can you beat that?