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Back to EpisodesThe average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days (+ 7 more facts)
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Daily Facts (04 Jun 2024)
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Today's facts:
- In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death
- Ironically, watermelons, which are 92% water, originated from the Kalahari Desert in Africa
- The longest fangs of a snake are found on the Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica), and can reach over 2 inches in length
- McDonald restaurants serve food and drink to an amazing 43 million customers on a daily basis
- An average women has 17 square feet of skin. When a women is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin
- The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days
- Chicago has the largest cookie factory, where Nabisco made over 4.6 billion "Oreo" cookies in 1997
- In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another
- Keeping your car tuned up is a good way to save on gas. A car that is tuned up is 9% more efficient on gasoline.
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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