Daily Facts (20 Jul 2023)

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Today's facts:

• Since 1950, over 230 million eggs of Silly Putty have been sold
• The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890
• Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard
• Atari had to bury millions of unsold "E.T." game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982
• An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year
• Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays
• The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey
• The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Some snails live on branches in trees
• Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as "corns" of salt

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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