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Some species of dolphin sleep with one eye open (+ 6 more facts)

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Daily Facts (21 Nov 2024)

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Today's facts:

  • Some species of dolphin sleep with one eye open
  • Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest
  • The labels for Crayola crayons come in 18 different colors
  • A glockenspiel is a musical instrument that is like a xylophone. It has a series of metal bars and is played with two hammers
  • There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes
  • Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter
  • Crayola is a French word that means "Oily chalk."

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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