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Daily Facts (24 Jul 2025)

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Today's facts:

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it
In WWII, when allied armies reached the Rhine River the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it). Gen. Patton had himself photographed in the act
Research indicates that people prefer the colour blue for their casual clothing
Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie "Chicago." Richard Gere ended up playing the role
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game
A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces and is small enough to fit in a teaspoon
In 1893, the first mosque in the United States was built
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze
Bananas trees are not really trees. They are considered to be giant herb plants

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Daily Facts

By Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

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July 24, 2025

Today's facts: Shoelace tips; Microbial-rich; Defiance Ritual; Blue Preference; Declined Opportunity; Foul-less; Tiny marvel; Pioneering Mosque; Chemical overlap; Herbaceous.

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7 minutes

Daily Facts (24 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:

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets
In one gram of soil, about ten million bacteria live in it
In WWII, when allied armies reached the Rhine River the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it). Gen. Patton had himself photographed in the act
Research indicates that people prefer the colour blue for their casual clothing
Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie "Chicago." Richard Gere ended up playing the role
Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game
A newborn kangaroo weighs approximately 0.03 ounces and is small enough to fit in a teaspoon
In 1893, the first mosque in the United States was built
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze
Bananas trees are not really trees. They are considered to be giant herb plants

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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