Daily Facts (09 Oct 2023)

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Today's facts:

• In ancient Egypt, the dung beetle symbolized eternal rebirth and the Sun God Khepri
• Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors
• In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country
• When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia
• There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness
• Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935
• The movie "Chicken Run" made in 2,000 had the most plasticine used in an animated movie. They used 2,380 kg of plasticine for the movie
• In just the first 56 days of life, the larva of the polyphemus moth eats about 86,000 times its birthweight
• In the early nineteenth century some advertisements claimed that riding the carousel was good for the circulation of blood
• In Belgium, 94% of children under the age of fourteen own LEGO products

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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