Daily Facts (10 Apr 2023)

Today's facts:

The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed
Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can leap as far as twenty feet
The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produces approximately 100,000 pounds of jelly beans a day. this amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an hour
The first World Series baseball playoffs occurred in 1903
Over half the textile fibers that are used in the world are cotton
Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.
The only desert in Canada is located in Osoyoos, British Columbia
Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away
The concept of Boxing Day, which is on December 26th, was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor. It is now viewed in some countries as a time to get merchandise from stores at reduced prices
Initially golf balls were made out of wood. After that they were made out of leather which was stuffed with feathers

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Fact explanations from OpenAI GPT.

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