Daily Facts (03 Jan 2025)

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Today's facts:

• The vegetable that is eaten most by Americans is potatoes. On average, a person eats about 140 pounds of potatoes annually
• The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916
• Approximately 200 pets are buried in a pet cemetery out of the thousands of pets that die each day
• Playwright Shakespeare was only 18 years old when he married Ann Hathaway, who was 26 years old at the time
• The famous Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) was a librarian for many years before he died
• Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest English word that consists strictly of alternating consonants and vowels
• The age of a saguaro cactus is calculated by its height
• In 1978, the World Water Speed record was made by Ken Warby from Australia. His average speed was 317.6 mph, and his jet-powered hydroplane was 27 feet long called "Spirit of Australia." Warby built the boat himself in his back yard
• The average cow produces about 2,305 gallons of milk each year

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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