Daily Facts (23 Apr 2025)

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Today's facts:

• First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
• There was once a fish caught in Delaware Bay with a watch still ticking inside
• Caterpillar means "hairy cat" in Old French
• It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times
• By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors
• The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.
• During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore
• The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red
• A common custom in Spain is to eat one grape for each of the last 12 seconds of every year for good luck
• The Sears Tower in Chicago contains enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles

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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