Discover fascinating facts about the Statue of Liberty, a colossal gift from France to the United States. Learn about her surprising original copper color and how a protective green patina developed over time. Uncover the symbolic meaning behind her full name, "Liberty Enlightening the World," and the often-overlooked broken chains at her feet, representing the abolition of slavery. Explore the ingenious engineering by Gustave Eiffel that allows this immense statue to sway in strong winds.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover the fascinating world of bats, the only mammals capable of sustained flight. Learn about "echolocation," a natural sonar bats use to navigate and hunt in darkness, a term coined by Donald Griffin. Explore five incredible bat facts, including their role as voracious insectivores, with a single bat consuming up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour, significantly aiding pest control. Uncover the extremes of the bat kingdom, from the massive Giant Golden-crowned Flying Fox with a 5-foot 6-inch wingspan to the tiny Kitti's hog-nosed bat, smaller than a penny. Understand why some bat species boast impressive lifespans, living for decades. Finally, appreciate bats' critical role as pollinators for over 500 plant species, including agave and bananas. Find out how to attract bats to your yard with night-blooming flowers and water sources.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover fun facts about the life and art of Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan's most celebrated artists. Learn about Ukiyo-e, the traditional Japanese art form that flourished from the 17th to 19th centuries depicting the "floating world" of everyday life, including kabuki actors, courtesans, and landscapes.

Hokusai changed his name over 30 times, each instance signifying a new artistic phase. Explore his diverse body of work, which extends beyond famous landscapes to include portraits, nature studies, and captivating depictions of supernatural beings. Hokusai Manga published in 1814 is the earliest documented use of the term "manga." Find out why he moved house 93 times. Finally, discover how Hokusai's prints, once used as mere packing material, inadvertently played a pivotal role in boosting his international fame and shaping art history.

Related episodes:

Who ARTed | Katsushika Hokusai & Ukiyo-e

Who ARTed | Mary Cassatt

Who ARTed | Claude Monet

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn some amazing fun facts about bones. Babies are born with almost 300 bones, but adults have just 206. Learn how your bone count goes down as your skeleton gets bigger. Find out about the stapes, the smallest bone in your body, the hyoid bone, only bone that is not connected to any other bones, and how your skeleton remodels breaking down and rebuilding bone tissue constantly. Beyond providing structural support, bones are also vital for hematopoiesis, the production of all types of blood cells within the bone marrow. This continuous process, driven by hematopoietic stem cells, ensures a constant supply of fresh blood cells for the circulatory and immune systems.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pickleball has been the fastest growing sport in the United States in recent years with over 11,000 courts springing up around the country. Learn fun facts about the sport including how it was invented by 3 dads trying to entertain their kids with the equipment they had on hand from other games. The quirky name appears to have come from the family dog, Pickles, who used to get in on the game by chasing after the balls. For those interested in taking up the game, this episode also covers some strategies for hitting a great "dink" shot.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn fun facts about bicycles, from their historical impact to modern-day records. Discover how the "velocipede," literally meaning "swift foot," was the precursor to the modern bicycle. Learn about the physics that allow a bicycle to balance itself once in motion, thanks to gyroscopic precession and bike geometry. Uncover the origin of the "penny-farthing" name, inspired by British coinage, and understand why its large front wheel, though fast, also made it dangerous.

The episode also highlights the bicycle's surprising role in the women's liberation movement of the late 19th century, empowering women with unprecedented freedom and even influencing fashion. Finally, marvel at the incredible speed record of 183.9 miles per hour achieved on a custom-built bicycle. Finally, learn practical tips for a safe and comfortable ride.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn some fun facts about Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious monument and a profound symbol of Cambodian national pride, so revered it is featured on the nation's flag. The temple's magnificent design is a microcosm of the Hindu universe, with its central towers representing the mythical Mount Meru, home of the gods, and a massive surrounding moat symbolizing the cosmic ocean. Angkor Wat is oriented to the west—a direction associated with the end of life—leading scholars to believe it was constructed not only as a place of worship but also as a grand funerary temple for its 12th-century creator, King Suryavarman II.

The construction of this sprawling, 402-acre complex is an engineering marvel. The temple's artistic achievements are just as breathtaking, featuring over 1,200 square meters of intricate bas-relief sculptures that tell epic stories. The walls also come alive with nearly 2,000 unique carvings of Apsaras, beautiful celestial dancers, each detailed with different hairstyles and jewelry, showcasing the incredible artistry of the Khmer Empire at its zenith.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore fun facts about the guitar, from its ancient origins to its place in outer space. The instrument's lineage is traced back over 3,000 years to a Hittite carving, evolving through various cultures to become the modern guitar. Learn about the birth of the electric guitar through two key innovations: the 1932 Rickenbacker, the first commercially successful model, which solved the problem of volume in big bands; and inventor Les Paul's famous "Log" prototype, a solid-body guitar he built from a fence post to eliminate feedback, paving the way for the iconic Gibson Les Paul.

Discover the world's largest playable guitar, a 43.5-foot-long instrument in Texas, and its microscopic counterpart, a 10-micrometer nano-guitar smaller than a blood cell. The guitar was also the first instrument played and recorded in space, thanks to astronaut Chris Hadfield's famous performance of "Space Oddity" aboard the International Space Station. Finally, the official Air Guitar World Championships, an annual event in Finland that proves you don't even need a guitar to feel the power of rock and roll.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover some delicious fun facts about chocolate. Learn why it truly is the "food of the gods." The history of chocolate is traced from its origins in ancient Mesoamerica, where Mayan and Aztec civilizations prized cacao beans so highly that they were used as currency. Long before it was a sweet confection, chocolate was consumed as a bitter, frothy, and spiced drink known as xocolatl, reserved for ceremonies and the elite.

Get the facts on what makes chocolate, chocolate. Find out if white chocolate truly is chocolate. Learn why chocolate makes us feel good with phenylethylamine (PEA), a chemical compound known as the love drug. This episode also tackles the controversial topic of whether white chocolate it truly chocolate. According to the FDA, white chocolate can legally be labeled as chocolate if it is made using 20% or more cocoa butter.

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the "Cradle of Civilization" with fun facts about ancient Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Learn about the Sumerians, Babylonians, and others who inhabited this fertile region, which includes modern-day Iraq. This summary covers the monumental innovations that shaped human history, including the invention of the wheel, first used for pottery around 3500 BCE, and the rise of the world's first organized cities like Uruk and Ur.

Discover the origins of writing with cuneiform, the wedge-shaped script that allowed for the recording of history, literature, and laws. One of the most significant legal achievements, the Code of Hammurabi from around 1754 BCE, established a comprehensive system of justice. Furthermore, learn how Mesopotamian advancements in astronomy and mathematics, specifically their base-60 number system, created the foundation for modern timekeeping (60 minutes in an hour) and geometry (360 degrees in a circle).

Want to learn more? Head over to my website www.funfactsdailypod.com and be sure to listen to my other podcasts Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages or Art Smart. For family fun, check out my son's podcast Rainbow Puppy Science Lab

Fun Facts Daily is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: [email protected]

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices