Daily Facts (08 Feb 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid
• Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University
• The candlefish is so oily that it was once burned for fuel
• People who meet their calcium need reduce their risk of developing kidney stones
• The name for the sign "&" which represents the world "and" is ampersand
• The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie
• Polar bears can smell seal from 20 miles away
• If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth

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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