Random Fun Facts: Part 1

1. How Did They Transport the Statue of Liberty? The statue was disassembled in France, packed into 214 wooden crates, and sent to the United States by ship.

2. the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally changing pattern, although technically there is also a dry phase

3. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.

4. The Knesset (Israel's unicameral parliament) is the country's legislative body. The Knesset took its name and fixed its membership at 120 from the Knesset Hagedolah (Great Assembly), the representative Jewish council convened in Jerusalem by Ezra and Nehemiah in the 5th century BCE.

5. The pericardium is a membrane, or sac, that surrounds your heart. It holds the heart in place and helps it work properly. Problems with the pericardium include. Pericarditis - an inflammation of the sac

6. What is self-determination theory? - Self-determination theory (SDT) was first posited and popularized by the psychologists Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan, who studied the science of human motivation in the 1970s and 1980s. Basically, they determined humans are naturally inclined to gravitate toward personal growth—whether that means meeting a goal, earning an award, or mastering a skill—and there are three motivating principles that can encourage, facilitate, or inspire them to make that happen.

7. motivational style- the characteristic manner in which an individual seeks or finds the motivation to perform a task. Categories are based on individual differences in motivation, including but not limited to intrinsic–extrinsic motivation, mastery orientation, and competitiveness.

8. Gevora Hotel (Arabic: فندق جيفورا) is a 1,168 ft (356 m) tall hotel along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city Dubai, UAE. That height has given the skyscraper the title of tallest hotel building according to Guinness World Records.

9. In 2021, Michigan woman found a bottle from 1926 carrying a handwritten message. Then she found the writer's family.