Daily Facts (08 Feb 2025)
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Today's facts:
- The word "limelight" that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers
- Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste
- The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments
- Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show "Scooby-Doo." Casey Kasem, being a strict vegetarian, also requested that Shaggy follow the same diet on the show
- The Canandian province of New Brunswick had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839.
- The song with the longest title is "I?m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin? Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1945. He later claimed the song title ended with ?Yank? and the rest was a joke
- It is estimated that by the end of 2000, there has been 142,600 tonnes of gold mined in the world
- Sports Illustrated has the largest sports magazine circulation
- During the female orgasm, endorphines are released, which are powerful painkillers. So headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex
- The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of Mexico
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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