While Latin is recognized as the official language of Vatican City, Italian serves as the everyday working language for the Vatican’s administrative and diplomatic operations.
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July 7, 2026
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On This Day
1931 - Construction began on Boulder Dam on the Colorado River. It was completed in 1936 and was renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
Fact of the Day
Laid end-to-end, there are about 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body, with the heart pumping about 2,000 gallons of blood through them every day.
Nature Oddities
There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.
Food and Drink
The graceful, cursive Coca-Cola logo is not a special font; it's the actual handwriting of Frank Mason Robinson, bookkeeper for the drink's inventor, Dr. John Pemberton.