July 16, 2025

Today's facts: Lightest gas; Etymology Origin; No-tipping; Multifunctional coffin; Rare occurrence; Alefish.; Pioneering Innovation; Heart rate; Hazardous Volume; Windshield Innovation

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Daily Facts (16 Jul 2025)

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Today's facts:

Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc
The name Aspirin was invented from "A" in acetyl chloride. The "spir" comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the "in" was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with "in."
There is no tipping in Iceland
There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use
In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada
Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33 inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside it
Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system
Women hearts beat faster than men
On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials
In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers

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July 16, 2025

Today's facts: Lightest gas; Etymology Origin; No-tipping; Multifunctional coffin; Rare occurrence; Alefish.; Pioneering Innovation; Heart rate; Hazardous Volume; Windshield Innovation

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7 minutes

Daily Facts (16 Jul 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:

Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc
The name Aspirin was invented from "A" in acetyl chloride. The "spir" comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the "in" was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with "in."
There is no tipping in Iceland
There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use
In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada
Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33 inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside it
Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system
Women hearts beat faster than men
On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials
In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers

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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