Daily Facts (28 Oct 2023)

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Today's facts:

• The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations
• The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930
• Roman emperors ate flamingo tongues which were considered a delicacy. Also parrotfish livers, and pheasant brains were feasted on
• A common name for pincurls is also spitcurls because woman sometimes wet their hair with their saliva before curling it
• There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri
• It takes about three hours for food to be broken down in the human stomach
• Soldier Field is the oldest field in the NFL
• The first TONKA truck was made in 1947
• The name "cranberry" comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called "crane berry." The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be "cranberry."
• Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources

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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