Daily Facts (18 Apr 2025)

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Today's facts:

• The Bank of America was originally called the Bank of Italy until the founder, Amedeo Giannini, changed the name in 1930
• NASDAQ stand for, "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations."
• Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs
• When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well
• The first Valentine candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the 1800's.
• The Stanley Cup originally was only seven and a half inches high
• The Cincinnati Reds are the oldest professional baseball team
• Of all the golfers in Canada, 71.4% golfers are male, 28.6% are female
• The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it "Epsicle." The name was later changed to Popsicle

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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