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Back to EpisodesIsaac Newton used to be a member of parliament (+ 9 more facts)
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Daily Facts (01 Jun 2023)
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Today's facts:
- Parma ham is only Parma ham if it is made in the Parma region of Italy. The British chain supermarket Asda, made and packaged its own "Parma ham" and was successfully sued by the real Parma ham people (Parma Ham Trade Association)
- Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse
- Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament
- Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches
- A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old
- Manitoulin Island is the largest island in a fresh water lake. It is located in Canadian Lake Superior
- In 1963, Mister Rogers was ordained as a Presbyterian minister
- Soy crayons have been invented to replace wax crayons and one acre of soybeans can produce over 80,000 crayons
- The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest
- Over 600,000 people died as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic
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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