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Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep (+ 7 more facts)

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Daily Facts (23 Jun 2024)

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Today's facts:

  • In a study that was done by the University of Chicago in 1907, it was concluded that the easiest color to spot is yellow. This is why John Hertz, who is the founder of the Yellow Cab Company picked cabs to be yellow
  • The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war
  • The hippopotamus has the capability to remain underwater for as long as twenty-five minutes
  • About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching
  • TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars were first introduced in 1979
  • Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep
  • On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation
  • The Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 baseball season by losing the first 21 games and 107 altogether for the entire season

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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