Daily Facts

Water expands 9% when it is frozen (+ 7 more facts)

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Daily Facts (22 Apr 2024)

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Today's facts:

• The Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses
• In the Middle Ages, peacocks and swans were sometimes served at Christmas dinners
• Water expands 9% when it is frozen
• Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces
• Another way to say "every 9 years" is Novennial
• Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle
• The name "Muppet" was coined by Jim Henson. The word was made from a combination of the word "marionette" and "puppet."
• It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household lightbulbs to complete an orbit.

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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