Daily Facts (22 Nov 2023)

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Today's facts:

• A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack
• Construction on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began on August 9th, 1173
• In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.
• Over one million Pet Rocks were sold in 1975, makine Gary Dahl, of Los Gatos, California, a millionaire. He got the idea while joking with friends about his pet that was easy to take care of, which was a rock
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite
• False Bay, on the southern tip of Africa and close to Cape Town, South Africa, is a breeding ground for great white sharks, which feed off the thousands of seals in the bay. However, it is the only area in the known world in which these sharks are known to breach - they attack the seals by coming up vertically, often leaping clear of the water with their prey in their mouths
• The Apollo 17 crew were the last men on the moon
• Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons
• The word "Denim" comes from the French phrase "serge de Nimes" which is a fabric made in a town located in southern France
• A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school

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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