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.

This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios

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