Daily Facts

A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood (+ 9 more facts)

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Daily Facts (18 Apr 2024)

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Today's facts:

  • An elephant in the wild can eat anywhere from 100 - 1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period
  • A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood
  • A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate
  • The 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time
  • The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it "Epsicle." The name was later changed to Popsicle
  • The first African-American to receive a Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph J. Bunche in 1950
  • In 1819, the USA purchased Florida from Spain for the cancellation of a $5 million debt
  • The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes
  • Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania
  • Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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