October 23, 2025

Today's facts: Foot-beating; Progress achieved; Endangered; Romanticism Founder; Decisive Victory; Symbolic Height; Redemption.; Romanticized evolution; French casserole; Roman Poet

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Daily Facts (23 Oct 2025)

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Today's facts:

Bastinado is a form of punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick or cudgel.
The number of global polio cases has plummeted from 350,000 in 1988 to 1,263 in 2004.
Fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers exist today, a significant decline from an estimated 1,000 in 1978.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, along with William Wordsworth, was one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England.
At the Battle of Agincourt, the English forces, outnumbered more than three to one, suffered only around 400 deaths while inflicting nearly 6,000 fatalities on the French army.
One World Trade Center has been recognized as the tallest skyscraper in the United States, measuring 1,776 feet tall, a height symbolically linked to the founding year of the United States.
Gru, the world's greatest villain, plans to steal the moon with a vast secret hideout and an army of minions, but his life changes when he encounters three orphaned girls who see him as a potential dad.
In most old legends, vampires are essentially walking corpses, which has been downplayed in recent media where they often appear as slightly pale humans.
The dish being prepared is a cassoulet, a traditional French casserole known for its rich flavors and hearty ingredients, including duck, sausage, and beans.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived from 43 B.C.E. to approximately 17 C.E.

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October 23, 2025

Today's facts: Foot-beating; Progress achieved; Endangered; Romanticism Founder; Decisive Victory; Symbolic Height; Redemption.; Romanticized evolution; French casserole; Roman Poet

Listen Later

7 minutes

Daily Facts (23 Oct 2025)

[Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website.

Today's facts:

Bastinado is a form of punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick or cudgel.
The number of global polio cases has plummeted from 350,000 in 1988 to 1,263 in 2004.
Fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers exist today, a significant decline from an estimated 1,000 in 1978.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, along with William Wordsworth, was one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England.
At the Battle of Agincourt, the English forces, outnumbered more than three to one, suffered only around 400 deaths while inflicting nearly 6,000 fatalities on the French army.
One World Trade Center has been recognized as the tallest skyscraper in the United States, measuring 1,776 feet tall, a height symbolically linked to the founding year of the United States.
Gru, the world's greatest villain, plans to steal the moon with a vast secret hideout and an army of minions, but his life changes when he encounters three orphaned girls who see him as a potential dad.
In most old legends, vampires are essentially walking corpses, which has been downplayed in recent media where they often appear as slightly pale humans.
The dish being prepared is a cassoulet, a traditional French casserole known for its rich flavors and hearty ingredients, including duck, sausage, and beans.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived from 43 B.C.E. to approximately 17 C.E.

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

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

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