Cut a Day, Keep the Pay
Fact: #3741
Trials of a 4-day work week in countries like the UK, Iceland, and New Zealand have shown lower burnout, and… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
A Different Kind of Commitment
Fact: #3741
Since beginning her philanthropic mission in 2019, MacKenzie Scott has donated over $19bn to more than 2,000 nonprofits – averaging… Read More
Youyou vs. Malaria
Fact: #3741
In 2015, Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against… Read More
The World’s Deadliest Animal
Fact: #3740
The female mosquito is the world’s deadliest animal, responsible for 725k to 1m deaths each year. They spread diseases such… Read More
Meet the World’s First Coder
Fact: #2739
In 1843, Ada Lovelace published what is considered the first computer algorithm, designed for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, making her… Read More
Unrepeatable
Fact: #2738
The first person to win two Nobel Prizes was a woman, Marie Curie. She won in Physics (1903) and Chemistry… Read More