Daily Facts (19 Mar 2023)

Today's facts:

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half-caused cancer in rats
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
There have been over fifty million Mr. Potato Heads sold since it came out in 1952
Elvis Presley used to be a truck driver before he started singing
France is known as the perfume capital of the world
The name "Lego" came from the Danish word LEg Godt, which means "play well."
The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk
Some Chinese chopsticks contain gold as on of their materials
In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch
The Olympics were originally held for the Greek god Zeus

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI GPT.

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