Daily Facts (13 Aug 2023)

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Today's facts:

• Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell
• Sharks are so powerful that their bite can generate a force of up to 18 tons per square inch
• The Library of Congress, located in Washington D.C., is the largest library in the world
• The fleshy bulbs on each side of your nose are called the Alea (AY-lee) singular Ala (AY-luh)
• Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
• The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak
• In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome
• Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight can increase the risk of glaucoma in men
• Storks were a symbol of fertility in Europe and were considered to bring good luck
• In 1965, the price for an issue of TV Guide was 15 cents

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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