Daily Facts (31 Jan 2025)

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Today's facts:

• Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse
• In 1969, the American side of Niagara Falls was stopped completely for several months
• In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money
• There are some hospitals in Shanghai that have issued a rule that a nurse must wear lipstick while on duty
• The 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically
• By federal law, for a noodle to actually be a noodle it must have 5.5 percent egg solids in it, otherwise it cannot be called a noodle
• Astronauts get taller when they are in space
• A top freestyle swimmer achieves a speed of only 4 miles per hour. Fish, in contrast, have been clocked at 68 mph

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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