January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time.

One ton of grapes can produce 720 bottles of wine.

The average annual low for South pole is -61, compared with -3 at the North pole. The lowest temperature ever recorded at the South Pole is -117, while the record at the North Pole is -59.

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