The average human head weighs about eight pounds (+ 9 more facts)
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Daily Facts (28 Mar 2024)
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Today's facts:
- The book "Little Red Riding Hood" was banned in 1990 by two school districts in California. They did this because in the book there was a picture of a basket that had a bottle of wine in it
- Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946
- French soldiers during World War I had the nickname "poilu" which translates to "hairy one."
- Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches
- Better wine can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to "work" harder
- The average human head weighs about eight pounds
- A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight
- The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet
- The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922
- Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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