Daily Facts (20 Mar 2023)

Today's facts:

The human liver performs over 500 functions
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year'ssupply of footballs.
Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.
Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials
Frog-eating bats identify edible frogs from poisonous ones by listening to the mating calls of male frogs. Frogs counter this by hiding and using short, difficult to locate calls
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"
In 1996, toy company Mattel released a "Harley Davidson" Barbie. This dolls distinctive feature is a birth mark on her face that changes position with every new release of the doll
The longest game of Monopoly played underwater is 45 days
The first time there was an instance where they had a separate toilet for women and men was in 1739 at a ball in Paris
The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI GPT.

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