A myrmecologist studies ants (+ 9 more facts)

09/23/23 • 7 min

Daily Facts (23 Sep 2023)

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Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas
More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year
The word "laser" stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation."
A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days
A myrmecologist studies ants
The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards
In 1976, fourteen banks merged to form a bank credit card called "Mastercharge." This was later renamed to what is now know as "Mastercard."
The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and antlers shed and grow every year
JELL-O was declared The "Official State Snack" of Utah in January 2001
Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more

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Annually, an Australian eats 15 kg of bananas, which comes out to 27 meters of bananas
More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year
The word "laser" stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation."
A lifespan of an eyelash is approximately 150 days
A myrmecologist studies ants
The longest punt return for a touchdown was 103 yards
In 1976, fourteen banks merged to form a bank credit card called "Mastercharge." This was later renamed to what is now know as "Mastercard."
The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and antlers shed and grow every year
JELL-O was declared The "Official State Snack" of Utah in January 2001
Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more

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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Asparagus comes in three colors: green, white and purple
3000 children die every day in Africa because of malaria
The only South East Asian country that has never been colonized by a Western Power is Thailand
Copper is the second most used metal in the world.
In 1936, the first practical helicopter was invented. It was the German Focke-Wulf Fw 61.
Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away
Ian Fleming named his character "James Bond" after real-life ornithologist and author
The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match
There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand
The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold

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A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old
One out of five people that eat ice cream binge on ice cream in the middle of the night. The person is usually between 18 - 24 years old
The movie "Cleopatra" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account
Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water
There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas
Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers
In Canada, the most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday
The first telephone call from the White House was from Rutherford Hayes to Alexander Graham Bell
The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water
The company Chanel claims that every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world, a bottle of Chanel No 5 is sold

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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