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Another word for hiccups is singultus. (+ 9 more facts)

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Daily Facts (03 Dec 2024)

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Today's facts:

  • There is no element on Mendeleev's (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.
  • The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665
  • The clown fish has the ability to change its sex. If a breeding female dies, the male fish will change its sex and mate with another male
  • Another word for hiccups is "singultus."
  • The word "moose" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater."
  • Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War
  • In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach
  • Seven percent of a humans body wieght is made up of blood
  • When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours
  • Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed "wickies" because they tended the lamps wick

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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