Daily Facts (25 Nov 2023)

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Today's facts:

• In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll
• Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one hour
• Harley Proctor got the idea to name the soap "Ivory" while he was listening to a bible reading at a church in 1879
• A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring
• When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 milesper year.
• The monogram "RR" for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.
• Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache
• Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the white appearance

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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