Daily Facts (30 Sep 2023)

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Today's facts:

• In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring
• Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years. This is before sharks and dinosaurs
• Before soccer referees started using whistles in 1878, they used to rely on waving a handkerchief
• In the 18th century, potatoes were given out as a dessert. They were served in a napkin, salted and hot
• Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century. During that time it was provided in the form of a drink and since drinking wine during lent was a sin, so was drinking chocolate
• In 1923, the first neon sign was introduced in the U.S. Two neon signs were sold to a Packard car dealership for $24,000 which read, "Packard."
• The first words that Thomas A. Edison spoke into the phonograph were, "Mary had a little lamb."
• An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes kissing in their car in a lifetime
• On average, Guinness sells 7 million glasses of beer a day
• The name of the popular sports drink Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was developed

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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