Daily Facts (10 May 2024)

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Today's facts:

• The cardigan was originally made to be a military jacket made of knitted wool
• The movie "Cleopatra" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account
• In the wild, the poinsettia flower can reach a height of 12 feet, and have leaves that are eight inches across.
• The first theatre to show motion pictures was the Nickelodeon on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street
• The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches
• The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours (11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965
• 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska
• The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland

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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