Daily Facts (14 May 2025)

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Today's facts:

• Corn Flakes were invented after Will Keith Kellogg and his brother Dr. John Harvey Kellogg set about developing a nutritious cereal for the patients of a health resort in 1890
• The hormone replacement drug "Premarin" is made from the urine of pregnant horses
• An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period
• In ancient Egypt, doctors used jolts from the electric catfish to reduce the pain of arthritis
• When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves
• The stage were the television sitcom "Friends" is shot on is said to be haunted
• Due to eating habits in the USA, one in three children born in the year 2000 have a chance of getting type II diabetes
• At one time the group "Grateful Dead" were called "The Warlocks."
• Ancient Egyptians used to think having facial hair was an indication of personal neglect

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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