Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War (+ 9 more facts)
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Daily Facts (17 Jun 2024)
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Today's facts:
- The first museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum
- Chef Boyardee is actually a real person. His real name is Hector Boiardi and he was born in northern Italy in 1898
- The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a "Squirrel Day" festival to honour the 200 albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a priest
- The biggest hamburger that was served was 8,266 pounds. It was made at the Burger Fest in Seymour, Wisconsin
- Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert
- Sharks are capable of surviving on average six weeks without eating. The record observed in an aquarium is fifteen months by a species of shark known as the "swell shark."
- There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
- Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War
- The movie "Chicken Run" made in 2,000 had the most plasticine used in an animated movie. They used 2,380 kg of plasticine for the movie
- Decaffeinated coffee is not 100% caffeine free. When coffee is being decaffeinated, 2% of the caffeine still remains in it
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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