November 11, 2025

Today's facts: Partitioned State; Bowling Mastery; Granite Marvels; Frequent Service; Dummy funnel.; Aurora-Magnetism; Linguistic Borrowing; Checkered board; Lethality chosen.; Historic Victory

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Daily Facts (11 Nov 2025)

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Today's facts:

The military coup in Mali in March 2012 led to the swift takeover of northern territories by the Mouvement National pour la Libération de l’Azawad (MNLA) and its allies, creating a political vacuum that resulted in the country's de facto partition.
Wasim Akram is renowned for his "Unplayable" delivery bowled to Alan Lamb and his ability to deceive Sachin Tendulkar with a beautiful slow ball.
Yosemite National Park is renowned for its granite cliffs and waterfalls, including the famous formations Half Dome and El Capitan.
The "Malpensa Shuttle" coach service runs every 20 minutes from Milan Central Station to Malpensa Airport, operating from 4:30 AM until 12:15 AM.
The Titanic's fourth funnel was a dummy used solely to vent the engine room and kitchen galleys.
Anders Celsius was the first person to connect the aurora borealis to the Earth's magnetic field, publishing his findings in 1733.
English has a large number of cognates with various languages, particularly Spanish, French, and Italian, due to its extensive borrowing from Latin.
Chess is played on a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid.
Mark David Chapman used hollow-point bullets to shoot John Lennon because they were "more deadly."
Nour El Sherbini became the sport's youngest and Egypt’s first women’s world squash champion during the 2016 Women’s World Championship final.

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November 11, 2025

Today's facts: Partitioned State; Bowling Mastery; Granite Marvels; Frequent Service; Dummy funnel.; Aurora-Magnetism; Linguistic Borrowing; Checkered board; Lethality chosen.; Historic Victory

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7 minutes

Daily Facts (11 Nov 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:

The military coup in Mali in March 2012 led to the swift takeover of northern territories by the Mouvement National pour la Libération de l’Azawad (MNLA) and its allies, creating a political vacuum that resulted in the country's de facto partition.
Wasim Akram is renowned for his "Unplayable" delivery bowled to Alan Lamb and his ability to deceive Sachin Tendulkar with a beautiful slow ball.
Yosemite National Park is renowned for its granite cliffs and waterfalls, including the famous formations Half Dome and El Capitan.
The "Malpensa Shuttle" coach service runs every 20 minutes from Milan Central Station to Malpensa Airport, operating from 4:30 AM until 12:15 AM.
The Titanic's fourth funnel was a dummy used solely to vent the engine room and kitchen galleys.
Anders Celsius was the first person to connect the aurora borealis to the Earth's magnetic field, publishing his findings in 1733.
English has a large number of cognates with various languages, particularly Spanish, French, and Italian, due to its extensive borrowing from Latin.
Chess is played on a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid.
Mark David Chapman used hollow-point bullets to shoot John Lennon because they were "more deadly."
Nour El Sherbini became the sport's youngest and Egypt’s first women’s world squash champion during the 2016 Women’s World Championship final.

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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