Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920 (+ 9 more facts)

02/12/25 • 7 min

Daily Facts (12 Feb 2025)

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From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain
Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920
The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States
During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles
Mexican jumping beans jump because of moth larvae inside the bean
In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.
The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower
The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed
Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state

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From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain
Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920
The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird
It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States
During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles
Mexican jumping beans jump because of moth larvae inside the bean
In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.
The largest ketchup bottle in the world is a 170 feet tall and is located in Collinsville, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company as a water tower
The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed
Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state

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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The country with the highest consumption of candy at 29.5 pounds annually per person is Denmark
Men are more likely to be colorblind than women. About one of out of 12 men are colorblind
Thailand used to be called Siam
One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.
The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined
In the game of Monopoly, the most landed on properties are B&O Railroad, Illinois Avenue, and "Go."
According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water
Just like fingerprints, every cats nose pad is different
A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon
Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste

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The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
Author Dr. Seuss wrote the book "Green Eggs and Ham" because the editor made him a bet that he could not write a book, which contained less than fifty words
In the U.S. there is, on average, three sex change operations per day
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year
The Mexican version of the Tooth Fairy is known as the Tooth Mouse, which takes the tooth and leaves treasures in its place
The Goliath beetle is about the size of your fist and can weigh as much as 3-4 ounces
The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird
During one seven year period, Thomas Edison obtained approximately three hundred patents. In is whole life he obtained over one thousand patents.
Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts
Sir John Harington, the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, was the inventor of the toilet

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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