Daily Facts (26 Feb 2025)
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Today's facts:
Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity
In 1902, the coat hanger was invented Albert Parkhouse who was frustrated at the lack of hooks available to hang up his coat at work. His company thought it was a good idea and patented the invention and unfortunately, Parkhouse never received any money for his idea
Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas
In 1848, the first American pasta factory opened in Brooklyn, New York. The name of the man that opened it was Antoine Zerega
When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas
The beeswax that is produced by Honey bees comes from eight paired glands that are located on the underside of their stomach
American President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) used to like Vaseline being rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed
Over 500 million gallons of Kool-Aid drink are consumed each year
A honey bee has four wings
Earl Dean developed the bottle design for Coca-Cola
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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