One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons (+ 9 more facts)

08/17/23 • 7 min

Daily Facts (17 Aug 2023)

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The life expectancy of a $100 bill is nine years
Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs inthe air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg inthe air,the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horsehasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee
There are more than 640 muscles in the human body
A common drink for Tibetans is Butter Tea which is made out of butter, salt, and brick tea
The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic
An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons
The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper

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The life expectancy of a $100 bill is nine years
Rats can survive up to 14 days without any food
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs inthe air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg inthe air,the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horsehasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The sole purpose of a drone bee is to mate with the queen bee
There are more than 640 muscles in the human body
A common drink for Tibetans is Butter Tea which is made out of butter, salt, and brick tea
The first British ship to use the SOS distress signal was the Titanic
An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons
The long fibres that are found in bananas are excellent in making paper. The long fibres that are found in the banana plant can make the banana fibre paper approximately 3000 times stronger than regular paper

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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A caterpillar grows roughly 27,000 times its size when it first emerges as an egg
Braces were first invented by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. The braces were made by a flat strip of metal, which was connected to the teeth by thread.
On average, a Canadian girl owns seven Barbie dolls, whereas an American girl owns eight
Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion
The ruby red slippers in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" were sold off at an auction for $660,000
The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year
Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later
Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days

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Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, andchocolate.
Edward VIII did not officially become the King of England as he abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee
A maple tree is usually tapped when the tree is at least 45 years old and has a diameter of 12 inches
A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat
The biggest religious building in the world is a Hindu Temple, Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia. It was built at the end of the 11th century
In 1986, a drunk fan got into a pace car at Talladega Superspeedway, and started joyriding on the track in front of a nationwide audience. The police cruisers who had to chase him around the track were not amused when they caught and arrested him
It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation
Koalas sleep up to 19 hours a day
On average a business document is copied 19 times
The palms of your hands and the soles of your feet cannot tan, or grow hair

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Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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