Daily Facts (01 Aug 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie "Braveheart."
• A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour
• Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years
• Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales
• The real name of Toto the dog in "The Wizard Of Oz" was Terry
• Before 1883, the three-cent U.S. stamp was also used for advertising. The advertisment was located on the back of the stamp for various products
• Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday." This is the festival that New Orleans, Louisiana is famous for having every year
• Ever year, Americans spend close to $25 billion on beer
• Swiss engineer George de Mestral, who got the idea after noticing burrs were sticking to his pants after his regular walks through the woods, invented Velcro.
• The sound made by the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is so loud that it can be heard 40 miles away

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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