Daily Facts (02 Aug 2023)

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Today's facts:

• The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to read until he was 17 years old
• The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C
• Some silkworms can spin cocoons that contain more than two miles of silk
• There were no red colored M&Ms from 1976 to 1987
• Alaska got its name from the Aluet word "Alyeska" which means "The Great Land."
• It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star
• Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999)
• The first Life Saver flavour, which was peppermint, was invented in 1912 and it was called Pep-O-Mint
• Wherever a person is standing in the state of Michigan in the United States, they are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes
• The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

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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