Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts

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.

This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios

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