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Circumpolar Constellations; Secret romance.; Tiny Nation; Origin: Literature; Ojibwa Growth; Microsoft's Inception; Kew250; Pioneering Flight; Nose-pressing; Hitmaker
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Daily Facts (20 Apr 2026)
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Today's facts:
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are unique constellations that never set below the horizon, making them visible all night, every night, throughout the year.
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana had a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi).
The Blue Fairy originates from Carlo Collodi's book, The Adventures of Pinocchio, published in 1881, and was later adapted into Disney's 1940 animated film where she grants Pinocchio life.
In the mid-seventeenth century, there were approximately 35,000 Ojibwa on the continent, and by the 1990 census, their population had increased to 104,000, making them the third-largest Native group in the U.S. after the Cherokee and Navajo.
Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975, after Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed a version of the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer.
In 2009, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew celebrated its 250th anniversary, marked by a commemorative coin design featuring the famous Chinese Pagoda at Kew.
Orville Wright travels 40 yards in the first successful powered flight, at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina.
Hongi is a traditional Maori greeting that involves pressing noses together, symbolizing the exchange of breath and the visitor becoming one with the local people.
Smokey Robinson delivered thirty-seven Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987.
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