- Like that July was a really, really hot month.
So many things happened in 2023 and the world just keeps turning. What do you know about things that took place last year?
- A Florida town was overrun by bunnies.
- A “forged” document was proven to be in fact, real.
- The best of the best for wedding songs was revealed.
- A bunch of new words got added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
- An extinct species of penguin was discovered! How cool that this happened in 2023!
- Experts stated that ‘Oumuamua is a comet.
- July 2023 was really, really hot. Like the hottest month in human history, hot. Did you know this happened in 2023?
- An iOS update got rid of that autocorrect we all laugh at, and equally hate. Good riddens, ducking.
- Wawa released its own pizza.
- Swifties in Seattle caused seismic activity. Now this is wild and crazy that it happened in 2023.
- Props got stolen from the set of the new Beetlejuice movie.
- In August 2023, a man bitten by a stray cat contracted an unknown infection.
- Us and flying cars are closer to becoming a thing since 2023.
- There was a highly-detailed 3D scan including Titanic and its wreck, released in 2023.
- Leprosy made headlines in Florida in 2023. Malaria did, too.
- Sea lions started to show aggression in 2023.
- Enceladus now has a huge geyser on it.
- Chipotle is playing with the idea of and testing a new robot. Did you know this happened in 2023?
- The names of heat waves in Italy in 2023 were pretty ominous names.
- The oldest evidence in proof of the parasite, Giardia duodenalis, was found.
- In 2023, we finally learned about one of the world’s earliest cases of brain surgery.
- There were several months in 2023 that Jupiter was known to have the most moons in the solar system.
- There was a funeral home that began to sell barbie-themed coffins. This is fun and cute for kids, of course for the saddest of reasons. Or maybe a coffin a daughter could chose for her Mama.
- Hank the Tank was caught.
- A volcanic eruption that happened in 2022 was found to have produced the most intense lightning ever observed. The eruption also affected the ozone layer.
- The world’s oldest bodybuilder was crowned, at 90 years old, in 2023. Did you
know about this awesome thing that happened in 2023? - A Tudor-era book was discovered hiding in plain sight.
- 119 years after it was originally due back, a library book was returned.
- Conservators found a hidden image under a René Magritte painting.
- Scientists declared a lake the defining site of the Anthropocene.
- 2023 taught us that vaccines are beneficial to bee health.
- A new drug for Alzheimer’s disease has been the first approved by The Food and Drug Administration in 20 years.
- An ultra-reflective white paint was developed. What a random thing to have happened in 2023.
- It turns out that the Tyrannosaurus Rex many not have had such prominent teeth as it was once thought.
- The company American Girl’s debuted ‘90s dolls. This really only makes sense with so many 90s styles coming back these days.
- An award was given out by Guinness World Records for the world’s most expensive ice cream.
- The largest onion in the world was grown in 2023. The onion was about 15 times the size of a typical onion and weighed 19.77 pounds grown by a man from Guernsey.
- A few of the biggest aquatic attack stories in 2023 weren’t about sharks, but rather, orcas.
- A study done in 2023 showed that crocodiles are actually attracted to babies’ cries.
What happened in 2023 that surprised you the most?