Today's facts: Abundance; Space-stretching; Urine-fear; Record-holder; Giant Earthworm; Fish-consumption; Inventive Play; Beeswax Glands; Coconut Danger; Social recognition
Daily Facts (30 Aug 2025)
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Today's facts:
- Every year, more than one million miles of Twizzlers licorice is made
- Astronauts get taller when they are in space
- Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating
- Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life magazine more than anyone else
- A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length
- In China, fish is eaten more than three times what it is in the United States
- An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler after watching her daughter play with baby dolls imagining then in grown up roles
- The beeswax that is produced by Honey bees comes from eight paired glands that are located on the underside of their stomach
- Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do
- Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and greet them differently, compared with strangers
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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