Daily Facts (31 Oct 2023)

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Today's facts:

• The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
• In the U.S. peanuts account for 66% of all snack nuts
• The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS
• More than 90% of shark attack victims survive
• Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash
• A species of dolphin is born naturally blind in the Indus and Ganges rivers in South Asia. These dolphins have a highly sophisticated sonar system and swim on only one side of their body
• Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails
• At least 7% of all health care costs in the United States are attributed to smoking
• Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan
• Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed "wickies" because they tended the lamps wick

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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