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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

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (15 Nov 2023) [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 Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean To tell if a egg is fully cooked or raw, just spin it. If the egg wobbles then it is still raw, and if it easily spins it is fully cooked The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department sto...

Nov 15, 20236 min

Most American car horns honk in the key of F (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (14 Nov 2023) [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 most popular treat for Halloween trick-or-treaters are candy bars with Snickers being the most popular When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents Shirley Temple was considered to play the role of Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz." Niagara Falls actually stopped flowing back in ...

Nov 14, 20236 min

An elephant cannot jump (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (13 Nov 2023) [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 Romans used to clean themselves with olive oil since they did not have any soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, which is type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil Singer Billy Joel tried to commit suicide when he was 21 by drinking furniture polish The five Olympic rings ...

Nov 13, 20237 min

A baby kangaroo is called a joey (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (12 Nov 2023) [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: Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C A baby kangaroo is called a joey The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, which is located in the ear Former U.S. President William Taft converted the White House stable into a four car gar...

Nov 12, 20237 min

Almonds are members of the peach family (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (11 Nov 2023) [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 search engine Google got its name from the word "googol," which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird Richard Millhouse Nixon was the ...

Nov 11, 20236 min

On average a person passes gas 14 times a day (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (10 Nov 2023) [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 species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario Canada took a total construction time of 40 months to complete at an original cost of $63 million On average, A...

Nov 10, 20238 min

Every year, 100 million sharks are killed by people (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (09 Nov 2023) [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 toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used. It is also the cleanest In WWII, when allied armies reached the Rhine River the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it). Gen. Patton had himself photograph...

Nov 09, 20237 min

The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (08 Nov 2023) [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 town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a "Squirrel Day" festival to honour the 200 albino squirrels that live in the town. The festival includes a squirrel blessing by a priest There is a place called Hell, Michigan. It is about 50 miles from Detroit, Michigan The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters Everyday, more money i...

Nov 08, 20237 min

The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (07 Nov 2023) [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 being picked an orange cannot ripen In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than stee...

Nov 07, 20237 min

The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (06 Nov 2023) [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: It has been medically been proven that laughter is an effective pain killer The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year A glockenspiel is a musical instrument that is like a xylophone. It has a series of metal bars and is played with two hammers The...

Nov 06, 20237 min

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (05 Nov 2023) [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 shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket An olive tree can live up to 1500 years There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink An average adult produces about half a...

Nov 05, 20238 min

The Mexican Hat Dance is the official dance of Mexico (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (04 Nov 2023) [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 most popular jelly belly jellybean flavour is buttered popcorn The first Tupperware item marketed was the seven-ounce bathroom cup in 1945 Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan worked as a lifeguard in his youth at a beach near Dixon, Illinois and saved over 77 lives The greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 in...

Nov 04, 20236 min

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer (+ 5 more facts)

Daily Facts (03 Nov 2023) [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 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically The Bank of America was originally called the Bank of Italy until the founder, Amedeo Giannini, changed the name in 1930 The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer The na...

Nov 03, 20235 min

Pigeons can see ultraviolet lights (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (02 Nov 2023) [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: Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined Rice is thrown at weddings as a symbol of fertility Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they l...

Nov 02, 20237 min

Rabbits can live up to ten years (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (01 Nov 2023) [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: Heavier lemons contain more and tastier juice The first box of Crayola that was ever sold had the same eight colours that are sold in the box today consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. The box was sold for a nickel in 1903 Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use D...

Nov 01, 20238 min

More than 90% of shark attack victims survive (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (31 Oct 2023) [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 name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." In the U.S. peanuts account for 66% of all snack nuts The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS More than 90% of shark attack victims survive Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent ...

Oct 31, 20237 min

A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (30 Oct 2023) [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: By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for seventy-two years Psychokinesis refers to the ability of moving objects through psychic power A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. In the United States there are about...

Oct 30, 20236 min

The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (29 Oct 2023) [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 puma and the leopard are the highest jumping mammals. They are able to reach a height of 16.5 feet The average life span of a mosquito is two weeks 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 Me...

Oct 29, 20237 min

The first TONKA truck was made in 1947 (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (28 Oct 2023) [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 three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930 Roman emperors ate flamingo tongues which were considered a delicacy. Also parrotfish livers, and pheasant brains were feasted on A common name for pincurls ...

Oct 28, 20237 min

Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (27 Oct 2023) [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: Approximately 7.5% of all office documents get lost The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell The word witch comes from the word "wicca" which translates to the "wise one." The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit aroun...

Oct 27, 20237 min

70% of the poor people in the world are female (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (26 Oct 2023) [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: Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk Men in their early twenties shave an average of four times a week In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen LSD is made ...

Oct 26, 20237 min

Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (25 Oct 2023) [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 decomposition point of Olive Oil is 220 degrees Celsius Thirty percent of all bingo players are under the age of 35 In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit Lions cannot roar until they reach the age of two. Giant flying foxes, which are a type of bat, that live in Indonesia hav...

Oct 25, 20237 min

Some dolphins can swim up to 40 kilometers an hour (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (24 Oct 2023) [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: While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose machine called "Traff-O-Data." It was a machine that would analyze information gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers. It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce...

Oct 24, 20237 min

The word Himalayas means the home of snow. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (23 Oct 2023) [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 year, Burger King restaurants prepare over 950,000 pounds of bacon for their breakfast customers The word Himalayas means the "home of snow." In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse. People in low-income homes spend 50% more time playing video games than people ...

Oct 23, 20237 min

There are five years in a quinquennium (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (13 Oct 2023) [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: Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert There are five years in a quinquennium Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world The sun is approximately 75% hydrogen, 25% helium by mass There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vess...

Oct 13, 20237 min

The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000 (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (12 Oct 2023) [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 one kilogram packet of sugar will have about 5 million grains of sugar No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple Grapes are grown around the world more than any other fruit The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbin...

Oct 12, 20236 min

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (11 Oct 2023) [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 Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDona...

Oct 11, 20237 min

A newly hatched fish is called a fry. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (10 Oct 2023) [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 China, pancakes are generally served as side dishes. They are stuffed with meat, bean sprouts, and other vegetables A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as t...

Oct 10, 20237 min

Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935 (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (09 Oct 2023) [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 ancient Egypt, the dung beetle symbolized eternal rebirth and the Sun God Khepri Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors In Denmark, people eat about 36 pounds of candy a year. The highest consumption of candy of any country When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded ...

Oct 09, 20237 min

Adolf Hitler loved chocolate cake (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (08 Oct 2023) [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: Annually, approximately 46 millions Cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at Walt Disney World Resort There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat. Cows can detect odors up to five miles away Adolf Hitler loved chocolate cake It only takes a male horse 14 seconds to copul...

Oct 08, 20238 min
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