Daily Facts (20 Feb 2024)

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Today's facts:

• In 1986, a drunk fan got into a pace car at Talladega Superspeedway, and started joyriding on the track in front of a nationwide audience. The police cruisers who had to chase him around the track were not amused when they caught and arrested him
• Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do
• Rice is thrown at weddings as a symbol of fertility
• Hippos drink as much as 250 litres of water in any given 24 hour period
• The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold
• The beeswax that is produced by Honey bees comes from eight paired glands that are located on the underside of their stomach
• The month of December is the most popular month for weddings in the Philippines
• The original meaning of the word grocer was referring to a person who traded food in wholesale. These people would usually sell in large quantities, or by the "gross."
• The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit
• American novelist Mark Twain was the first known author to submit a typed manuscript

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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