Daily Facts (09 Mar 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Colonel Sanders original white suit was auctioned off for $80,000 in February 2002
• Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, JohnHancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, butthe last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
• Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries
• The real name of actress Whoopi Goldberg is Caryn Elaine Johnson
• Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use
• The 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won, but was to tired to participate in the championship match
• There was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog
• Chances of a women getting breast cancer are increased by excesseive use of alcohol
• The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird

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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