Daily Facts (23 Jan 2025)
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Today's facts:
Influenza caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918
Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must be boiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup
The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body
The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf
The little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher are called "chad."
The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their hair
The movie "Cleopatra" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account
There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world
Some snails live on branches in trees
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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