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Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by Agrosis » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 7:45 PM UTC

Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday
thedailyfact.org

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by punteney » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 8:34 PM UTC

Although today's fact of "Birds' knees actually bend backwards" is incorrect. Birds' knees bend they same way as our knees. What we think of as a bird's knee is actually more like their ankle.

http://skeletaldrawing.blogspot.com/2011/09/um-hey-scientifi...

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by conradk » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 8:51 PM UTC

That's fun. Would have loved to be able to get email notification when the "one thing from that day" is available. Just a suggestion :-)

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by jordanbrown » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:04 PM UTC

conradk wrote: post #3

That's fun. Would have loved to be able to get email notification when the "one thing from that day" is available. Just a suggestion :-)

SMS would be nice too.

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by callmeed » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:07 PM UTC

This is pretty cool.

BTW, if you need help with iOS I think this would make a great "notification only" app. I just launched http://playondeck.com/ and could easily fork the code for this.

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by Agrosis » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:11 PM UTC

callmeed wrote: post #5

This is pretty cool. BTW, if you need help with iOS I think this would make a great "notification only" app. I just launched http://playondeck.com/ and could easily fork the code for this.

Oh yeah I'll surely look into this! Thanks!

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by Agrosis » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:12 PM UTC

conradk wrote: post #3

That's fun. Would have loved to be able to get email notification when the "one thing from that day" is available. Just a suggestion :-)

Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll get on it! :D

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by mholt » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:22 PM UTC

Cool. But I would really like at least one citation for every fact...

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by tomardern » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

I launched a similar project a couple of years a go - www.factoclock.com, it's a new fact every minute.

Re: Show HN: DailyFact – Learn one new thing everyday

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Post by dtlyst » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 9:52 PM UTC

imho, you can use a nice and related background picture.. (check "dream afar")