Daily Facts (17 Apr 2026)

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Today's facts:

• Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport is located about 7 kilometers from the city center.
• Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our solar system that have no moons.
• Annie Oakley once shot a dime from between her husband's thumb and forefinger at a distance of thirty paces.
• The largest atoll in Kiribati, Kiritimati (Christmas) Atoll, has a land area of 150 square miles (388 square km) and accounts for almost half of the country's total area.
• The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) is the oldest forest certification program, established in 1941, focusing on private family forest landowners in the United States.
• The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the longest established and best known annual events in London, featuring a procession from the City of London to the Royal Courts of Justice, where the Lord Mayor swears allegiance to the Crown.
• Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is facing a copyright lawsuit 45 years after its release, with allegations that the iconic riff was copied from Spirit's 1968 song "Taurus."
• The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station's Unit 2 experienced a partial core melt, marking one of the most significant nuclear accidents in U.S. history.
• Joey Bishop was the last living member of the Rat Pack and the longest-lived member, passing away on October 17, 2007.
• Chocolate was first served in pots as a thick, dense drink by the Mayans over 2,500 years ago.

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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