Daily Facts (06 Dec 2023)

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Today's facts:

• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class
• The most popular brand of raisins is Sunmaid
• The game of squash originated in the United Kingdom. It came about after a few boys, who were waiting for their turn to play racquets, knocked a ball around in a confined area adjoining the racquets court
• The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle
• A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Coffee has about five times the amount of caffeine as a can of Coke
• The word "super" to a beekeeper refers to the hive box where the honey is stored
• On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs
• The word vaccine comes from the Latin word "vacca," which means cow. This name was chosen beacause the first vaccination was derived from cowpox which was given to a boy
• Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours

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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