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I've built Curiosity of the Day to help people increase their knowledge of the world, one day at a time. Each day, it presents the user with a new fact or piece of knowledge about anything from history and science to art and culture. I’d love to get some feedback on ways to make the app better, and any other ideas on how to make learning more fun and engaging.
Show HN: Curiosity of the Day
curiosityoftheday.com
1. Cool, I didn't know that fact
2. This is a nice, simple site
3. Maybe I should make it my New Tab page...
4. Where are the other facts -- can I browse them somehow? I want to see how good they are and if they align with my interests
5. Oh, there's no history, I guess this is the first fact, weird
6. scroll down Oh, this is a thinly veiled AD for a web dev studio...
7. Hm, there's more words, design effort, and attention put into the AD than the main content of the page
8. It's weird I had to scroll to see that it was an AD
9. Oh, they're being tricky and making sure the ad part is always below the fold using `height: 100vh` in their CSS
10. That's tricky -- they're hoping to get a ton of upvotes on HN before too many people realize it's an AD
11. If only they'd waited a few days to submit this to HN and had a few items in history, I probably would've made it my New Tab page and upvoted it...
My thoughts after visiting the site, in order: 1. Cool, I didn't know that fact 2. This is a nice, simple site 3. Maybe I should make it my New Tab page... 4. Where are the other facts -- can I browse them somehow? I want to see how good they are and if they align with my interests 5. Oh, there's no history, I guess this is the first fact, weird 6. scroll down Oh, this is a thinly veiled AD for a web dev studio... 7.…
My thoughts after visiting the site, in order: 1. Cool, I didn't know that fact 2. This is a nice, simple site 3. Maybe I should make it my New Tab page... 4. Where are the other facts -- can I browse them somehow? I want to see how good they are and if they align with my interests 5. Oh, there's no history, I guess this is the first fact, weird 6. scroll down Oh, this is a thinly veiled AD for a web dev studio... 7.…
One year for now, would I be able to see the curiosity from today as well?
My thoughts after visiting the site, in order: 1. Cool, I didn't know that fact 2. This is a nice, simple site 3. Maybe I should make it my New Tab page... 4. Where are the other facts -- can I browse them somehow? I want to see how good they are and if they align with my interests 5. Oh, there's no history, I guess this is the first fact, weird 6. scroll down Oh, this is a thinly veiled AD for a web dev studio... 7.…
I'm using Numbers Api (http://numbersapi.com/), and it returns a random fact for the day I'm requesting, so there's no history indeed.
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One year for now, would I be able to see the curiosity from today as well?