Daily Facts (27 May 2025)
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Today's facts:
Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas
The TV show Doctor Who, when it was popular, had an audience of 110 million people
There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed frog that helps in fighting infection
Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers
There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people
There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart
The monogram "RR" for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios
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7:31
The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days (+ 9 more facts)
Daily Facts (26 May 2025)
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Today's facts:
In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in their bras acted as a electrical conductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on their chest
In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year
Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world
A dentist from Buffalo New York named Alfred P. Southwick invented the electric chair.
The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room
Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog
In 1982, Larry Walters tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet
The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916
A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds
The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios
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7:04
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise (+ 8 more facts)
Daily Facts (25 May 2025)
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Today's facts:
The origins of the soldier term "G.I." is an abbreviation for "Government Issue," which was stamped on all government kits supplied to recruits in the US Army during World War II
There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America
In 1958, the Crayola crayon color "Prussian Blue" was changed to "Midnight Blue" by the request of teachers as kids could not relate to Prussian history
There are over 2,000 different types of cheese in the world
Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836
The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body
The coliseum in Rome was used regularly for about 400 years
One of the Bond girls in the James Bond movie, "For Your Eyes Only," used to be a man
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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6:36
There are five years in a quinquennium (+ 9 more facts)
Daily Facts (24 May 2025)
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Today's facts:
There are five years in a quinquennium
Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the white appearance
A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet
Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can leap as far as twenty feet
An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet
The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930.
In a five card poker game there are 2,598,960 possible hands
The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
The makers of Crayola produce over 2 billion crayons in a year
Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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7:21
A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes (+ 8 more facts)
Daily Facts (23 May 2025)
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Today's facts:
The first fruit eaten on the moon was a peach
A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes
On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves
Most American car horns honk in the key of F
Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems. In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamonds and opals.
There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones
During World War II, there was not enough sugar in the U.S. to make candy as it was sent to the troops overseas. At this time, popcorn was consumed three times more than its usual amount
When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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