Daily Facts (08 Jan 2024)

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Today's facts:

• On September 3, 1970, a hailstone was found in Coffeyville, Kansas that was eight inches in diameter and weighed 1.67 pounds.
• The reason why locusts swarm are because when they are in groups, a "hot-spot" behind their hind legs is stimulated, which in turn causes their destructive nature. A large swarm of locusts can eat eighty thousand tons of corn in a day
• Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year
• George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory
• Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836
• Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living

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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