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Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973 (+ 9 more facts)

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Daily Facts (26 Apr 2024)

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Today's facts:

  • The country of Bolivia is named after a fighter Simon Bolivar
  • Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is found in Prozac
  • Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973
  • Some brands of toothpaste contain glycerin or glycerol, which is also an ingredient in antifreeze
  • In 1970, Chip maker Intel purchased a pear orchard to build their corporate headquarters on
  • The life expectancy of a garbage disposal is about 5 to 10 years
  • There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world
  • The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
  • Clarence Crane the inventor of "Crane's Peppermint Life Savers" sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.
  • Germany produces more than 5,000 varieties of beer and has about 1,300 breweries in country

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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