Daily Facts (16 Aug 2023)

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Today's facts:

• A caterpillar grows roughly 27,000 times its size when it first emerges as an egg
• Braces were first invented by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. The braces were made by a flat strip of metal, which was connected to the teeth by thread.
• On average, a Canadian girl owns seven Barbie dolls, whereas an American girl owns eight
• Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion
• The ruby red slippers in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" were sold off at an auction for $660,000
• The Tonle Sap River in Cambodia flows north for almost half the year and then south for the rest of the year
• Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later
• Female alligators lay about 40 eggs that hatch in 60 - 70 days

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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