Daily Facts (02 Jul 2023)

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Today's facts:

• The first television show to show any portion of a toilet was on "Leave it to Beaver." After fighting for ten weeks to show the toilet, CBS would only allow the producers to show the toilet tank, and not the whole toilet
• A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood
• Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts
• The substance that gives red wine and dark beer its color is said to have a positive effects on cholesterol and blood pressure
• Walt Disney was afraid of mice
• The first email was sent out by Ray Tomlinson in 1971
• When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born
• In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on
• In the 1960 movie "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used to show the blood in the shower scene
• The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and measured 9.5 x 8mm

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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