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Daily Facts

Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.
Want to get smarter in less than 10 minutes? Then check the Daily Facts podcast that brings you interesting and surprising facts from around the world every day! Did you know that the longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted for 13 seconds? Or that there's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever? With the Daily Facts podcast, you'll learn something new and fascinating with every episode. Tune in daily and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform. Hosted by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.
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Episodes

Some snails live on branches in trees (+ 4 more facts)

Daily Facts (14 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: New Mexico is known as the "Land of Enchantment." Some snails live on branches in trees The oldest inhabited house in Scotland is the Traquair Castle. The castle has had 27 kings as visitors Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year The most popular Twizzler candy flavour is strawberr...

Apr 14, 20245 min

American President John Tyler had 15 children (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (13 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: American President John Tyler had 15 children Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice Robert Southey wrote the story "Go...

Apr 13, 20247 min

One billion seconds is about 32 years (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (12 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon Before the fur trade had started in Canada, it was estimated that there were over 6 million beavers In 1923, the first neon sign was introduced in the U.S. Two neon signs were sold to a Packard car dealership for $24,000 which read, "Packard." Man...

Apr 12, 20248 min

There is no tipping in Iceland (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (11 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics The highest recorded speed of a sneeze is 165 km per hour In a year, about 90 million jars of Skippy Peanut Butter are sold. This work...

Apr 11, 20248 min

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (10 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers A lion feeds once every three to four days Persia changed its name to ...

Apr 10, 20247 min

Pluto was discovered on February 10, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (09 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The first United States president to visit China was Richard Nixon In China, there is a species of yam that is used to make a dye Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density Chili Powder was invented in the 19th century in the American Southwest While digging, an Armadillo can ho...

Apr 09, 20246 min

Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (08 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth The first fashion house to be set up was in 1858 by Charles Worth. He opened his store in Paris with the idea of having pre-made gowns presented on models to his customers Researchers have shot footage of Orcas (killer whales) attacking and killing great white sh...

Apr 08, 20246 min

Earthworms have 5 hearts (+ 4 more facts)

Daily Facts (07 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Kit Kat chocolate bar was introduced to the market in 1935 Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes. Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents Earthworms have 5 hearts Facts from this episode are s...

Apr 07, 20245 min

Oak trees can live 200 or more years (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (06 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: After the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883 in Indonesia, many people reported that, because of the dust, the sunset appeared green and the moon blue. The moon was said to appear blue for almost two years. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes Wild Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of al...

Apr 06, 20247 min

The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (05 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Over 40 million Americans have chronic bad breath The sport of surfing originated in Hawaii During World War II, Kit Kat was unavailable due to milk shortages, so the chocolate bar was made without milk Adolf Hitler was one of the people that was responsible in the creation of the Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea...

Apr 05, 20247 min

There are more pigs than humans in Denmark (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (04 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: There are 400 species of bacteria in the human colon In 1991, during an attempted political coup on Russian President Boris Yelstin, food supplies had dwindled down at the parliament buildings so they ordered Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas Surveys indicate that the number one reason people play BINGO is for leisure The letter ...

Apr 04, 20247 min

In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (03 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that looked like a record and actually would play the Bhutanese national anthem if placed on a record player The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service Over one million Pet Rocks were sold...

Apr 03, 20247 min

Over $7 billion a year is spent on chocolates by consumers (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (02 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: All racehorses in the U.S. celebrate their birthday on January 1st Over $7 billion a year is spent on chocolates by consumers In 2001, the five most valuable brand names in order were Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, and Nokia Julie Nixon, daughter of Richard Nixon married David Eisenhower, grandson of Dwight Eisenhower The o...

Apr 02, 20247 min

One out of four American households own a cat (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (01 Apr 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined Barney, the famous dinosaur that entertains kids is from Dallas In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum A newborn kangaroo weighs...

Apr 01, 20247 min

Termites have been around for over 250 million years (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (31 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show "Friends" were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites Termites have been around for over 250 million years Saturday is the most popular da...

Mar 31, 20247 min

The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds (+ 4 more facts)

Daily Facts (30 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America The reason why tattoos do not vanish even though we shed our skin is because the dye is injected deeper into the dermis part of the skin. It is only the epidermis that we shed Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has...

Mar 30, 20245 min

Cleopatra married two of her brothers (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (29 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from "Clifford The Big Red Dog." Cleopatra married two of her brothers When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was tell...

Mar 29, 20247 min

The average human head weighs about eight pounds (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (28 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The book "Little Red Riding Hood" was banned in 1990 by two school districts in California. They did this because in the book there was a picture of a basket that had a bottle of wine in it Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946 French soldiers during World War I had the nickname "poilu" which t...

Mar 28, 20247 min

There are no snakes in New Zealand (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (27 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The same amount of calories are burned by doing 6 sessions that are 5 minutes each of an activity and doing 1 session of that activity for 30 minutes There are no snakes in New Zealand Lemon juice can aid in reducing the swelling caused by insect bites Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell Almond...

Mar 27, 20246 min

The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (26 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body The word "limelight" that is used in theatre to refer to the performers on the stage originated because before electricity was available lime was burned in a lamp, which created a white light that was directed at the performers During...

Mar 26, 20246 min

Over 80% of the brain is water (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (25 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Over 80% of the brain is water A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out During the Easter season, 600 million Marshmallow Peeps are bought my Americans. The Marshmallow Peep is the most popular Easter candy besides chocolate There are more than 3000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee Polar bears can eat as mu...

Mar 25, 20247 min

There is a town in Norway called Hell (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (24 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton The honey badger can withstand hundreds of bee stings that would otherwise kill another animal ...

Mar 24, 20248 min

The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (23 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: One ounce of chocolate has about 20 mg of caffeine in it The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese. The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men Minimum wage was 0.25 per hour when it was first enacted in 1938 France is known as the perfume capital of t...

Mar 23, 20246 min

If a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (22 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: There is a Hamburger hall of fame in Seymour, Wisconsin If a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one The reason why some people get a cowlick is because the growth of their hair is in a spiral pattern, which causes the hair to either stand straight up, or goes to a certain angle The reason why bubbles are round is be...

Mar 22, 20246 min

A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (21 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles th...

Mar 21, 20247 min

Most fleas do not live past a year old (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (20 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The first Life Saver flavour, which was peppermint, was invented in 1912 and it was called Pep-O-Mint Most fleas do not live past a year old Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game All babies are colour blind when they are born Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during W.W.I The first Valentine c...

Mar 20, 20248 min

The word Karate means, empty hand. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (19 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower In 1992, the Antarctic Ozone hole was larger than the continent of N...

Mar 19, 20248 min

The markings that are found on dice are called pips. (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (18 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Every single hamster in the United States today comes from a single litter captured in Syria in 1930 On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice Five thousandths of a millimeter is the toleranc...

Mar 18, 20246 min

A human eyeball weighs an ounce (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (17 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching A human eyeball weighs an ounce Mr. Butts invented the game SCRABBLE. The game was originally called "Criss Cross Words." It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns th...

Mar 17, 20248 min

The name for insect poop is frass (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (16 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long The concept of Boxing Day, which is on December 26th, was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor. It is now viewed in some countries as a time to get merchandise from stores at reduced prices Rats can survive up to 14 days without any f...

Mar 16, 20247 min
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