An owl has three eyelids (+ 9 more facts)
Jun 05, 2024•7 min
Episode description
Daily Facts (05 Jun 2024)
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Today's facts:
Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear
John Van Wormer invented paper milk cartons after dropping a bottle of milk one morning. The bottle broke spilling the milk everywhere. That annoyance was enough for Van Wormer to come up with the idea.
The Dead Sea has been sinking for last several years
If all the insects in the world were put on a scale, they would out weigh all creatures
Roughly 44% of junk mail is thrown away unopened
Lighthouse keepers were nicknamed "wickies" because they tended the lamps wick
An owl has three eyelids
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
Of all the words Dr. Seuss made up in his storybooks, only one has stuck in the English vocabulary: grinch, which is refers to a killjoy -- and it took more than 20 years
The fur of the binturong, also known as the "Asian Bear Cat," smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail
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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