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There are about 6,800 languages in the world (+ 9 more facts)

Published 2 years, 9 months ago
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Daily Facts (10 Jun 2023)

[Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website.

Today's facts:

  • The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket
  • Back in 1953, it took 27 hours to make one Marshmallow Peep. Now it takes only six minutes
  • The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches
  • Apple seeds are poisonous as they contain a cyanide compound
  • Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna
  • Cataloupes are named after the gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy where some belive this melon was first grown
  • A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old
  • There are about 6,800 languages in the world
  • Carolyn Shoemaker, famous astronomer, has discovered 32 comets and approximately 300 asteroids
  • The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts

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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