Daily Facts (01 Feb 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Melba toast is named after an Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
• People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their hand
• Montreal is the second largest French speaking city after Paris
• More than 3000 years ago children played with circular hoops made with grape vines. This toy was swung around the waist. Years later this toy was made by company called Wham-O and the Hula-Hoop was invented in 1958
• Most snails are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both female and male reproductive organs
• The company "Sony" was originally called "Totsuken." They felt the name "Sony" would be easier to pronounce. The name was invented by a cross between the name "sonus" and "sonny." The name sound and sonic are derived. Sonny was used to represent a young man or boy, which would show a energetic young company
• German immigrant, Louis Prang was the first to bring Christmas cards to America
• The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that was used for drying hair

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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