Five Fascinating Facts From January 27

Do you enjoy learning new things? Check out these 5 Fascinating Facts From January 27.

What famous “society” was founded in 1888 in Washington, DC? Fun hint: the main character, George Bailey, brags of being a member in the classic Frank Capra film, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. It's The National Geographic Society, which was founded in 1888 in Washington, DC.

Who liberates the remaining inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland? The Red Army liberates the remained inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

When did nuclear testing begin at the Nevada Test Site? Nuclear testing began in 1951 with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat in the Nevada Test Site. (Image above is from the Operation Buster-Jangle-Dog test.)

In what year did Germany first observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day? Germany first observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1996.

When did “Arab Spring” occur? Arab Spring, or the Yemeni Revolution, begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a in 2011.

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