Daily Facts (14 Jan 2024)

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Today's facts:

• English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy
• Some brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient in antifreeze
• Squids move through the ocean using a jet of water forced out of the body by a siphon
• In Hong Kong, delivery times are primarily influenced by traffic conditions on elevators. It often takes drivers longer to travel vertically than horizontally, as access to elevators is so congested during "high peak" hours. This is due to the volume of people residing in high rises
• St. Patrick never really drove out any snakes from Ireland. This story was an analogy of how he drove paganism out of Ireland
• Florida has twice as many lightning injuries and deaths than any other state
• There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater
• St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904
• The average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live about a week without water
• The Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 baseball season by losing the first 21 games and 107 altogether for the entire season

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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