Daily Facts (09 May 2025)

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Today's facts:

• Great White sharks have about 3,000 teeth
• The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs
• In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia. His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet long called "Spirit of Australia." Warby built the boat himself in his back yard
• The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, was actually built for use as a tomb by Mogul ruler Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum
• The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left
• Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out
• Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do
• Armadillos can be housebroken
• Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke
• It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit.

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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