Daily Facts (29 Nov 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Ukrainian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, created the modern day Christian calendar
• 7-Eleven was the first convenience store to have television advertising. The animated commercial ran in 1949 and had a singing rooster and owl
• The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C
• In 1836, Mexican General Santa Anna held an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg. updated
• Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky
• The strike note of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is e-flat
• The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation
• In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles
• Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray
• The Barn Owls hearing is so highly developed that they can hunt for their prey in total darkness

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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