Daily Facts (04 Jan 2025)
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Today's facts:
570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House
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
Navel oranges got their name because the bottom of this type of orange resembles a belly button or navel
98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg
A turtle can breathe through its butt.
In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened
Behram, an Indian thug, holds the record for most murders by a single individual. He strangled 931 people between 1790-1840 with a piece of yellow and white cloth, called a ruhmal. The most murders by a woman are 612, by Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary
In Belgium, there is a museum that is just for strawberries
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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