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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

Almonds are members of the peach family (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (14 Jul 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: Male sea horses are the ones that get impregnated rather than the females. Males have a pouch on their belly that provides incubation for the female?s eggs and they can have up to 1500 babies at one time The Nobel Peace prize was first awarded in 1901 to Jean Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the Swiss Red Cross In Brita...

Jul 14, 20247 min

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

Daily Facts (13 Jul 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 more pigs than humans in Denmark "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsi...

Jul 13, 20247 min

Charles Darwin spent 39 years studying earthworms (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (12 Jul 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 some parts of the Atacama Desert it has never rained Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed Before the 17th century, carrots used to be the colour purple Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played with...

Jul 12, 20247 min

Every three seconds, a new baby is born (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (11 Jul 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: It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids The word "moose" comes from the native Algonquian Indian word meaning "twig eater." Melba toast is named after an Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba Most American car horns honk in the key of F There is a town na...

Jul 11, 20247 min

A lion feeds once every three to four days (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (10 Jul 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: Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches Baby donkeys or baby mules are also known as "Foals." A lion feeds once every three to four days A white tiger can only be born when both parents carry the gene for white colouring It is estimated that by the end of 2000, there has been 142,600 tonnes of gold mined in ...

Jul 10, 20247 min

Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (09 Jul 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: Honeybees use the sun as a compass which helps them navigate A dog by the name of Laika was launched into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957 The most common seasonings found in American homes are chili powder, cinnamon, and seasoned salts The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more t...

Jul 09, 20247 min

The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (08 Jul 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 was a post office on the Russian space station Mir. Visiting cosmonauts would use unique postal "markers" to stamp envelopes and other items as having flown aboard the Mir space station Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined Strawberries are a membe...

Jul 08, 20248 min

There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (07 Jul 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 chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million 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 Saturday is the m...

Jul 07, 20247 min

A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (06 Jul 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: Close to 50% of the water used in a home originates from the bathroom Even if you eat food standing on your head, the food will still end up in your stomach Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show "Friends" were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe George Washington had to borrow money to go ...

Jul 06, 20248 min

There is a Hamburger hall of fame in Seymour, Wisconsin (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (05 Jul 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: If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400. Hippos drink as much as 250 litres of water in any given 24 hour period The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first O...

Jul 05, 20247 min

The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word Qutun. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (04 Jul 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: An average home creates more pollution than does the average car The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years The name for Ivory Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Harley Proctor got though of the name when the minister read from Ps...

Jul 04, 20247 min

Bill Gates began programming computers at age 13 (+ 5 more facts)

Daily Facts (03 Jul 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: Playwright Shakespeare was only 18 years old when he married Ann Hathaway, who was 26 years old at the time An egg shell can have up to 17,000 tiny pores on its surface An average city dog lives approximately three years longer than an average country dog A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis," in Australia can gr...

Jul 03, 20245 min

Rabbits can live up to ten years (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (02 Jul 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 movie to ever cost $100 million to make is Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991 Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago Rabbits can live up to ten years From 1526 to 1707, the first six Mogul emperors of India ruled in unbroken succession from father to s...

Jul 02, 20246 min

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (01 Jul 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 1992, the Antarctic Ozone hole was larger than the continent of North America. Over the course of one year, a coffee tree only produces about 1.5 pounds of coffee In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number theotherchannel assign...

Jul 01, 20248 min

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain. (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (30 Jun 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: An adult "Gold Frog" measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length Studies have shown that by putting on slow background music it can make a person eat food at a slower rate There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death. An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain. There are more than 40 million A...

Jun 30, 20246 min

The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (29 Jun 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 day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the USA In August 1999, Lori Lynn Lomeli set a record by spinning 82 Hula Hoops at the same time for three full revolutions The brain of an ant has about 250,000 brain cells It was during World War II that clothes with elastic waists were introduced. This is because the m...

Jun 29, 20246 min

Women on average live seven years longer than men do (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (28 Jun 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: Soaking beans for twelve hours in water before they are cooked can reduce flatulence caused by beans The average person falls asleep in about 12 to 14 minutes Nylon is a man-made fibre that is made from coal and petroleum In the 1960 movie "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used to show the blood in the showe...

Jun 28, 20246 min

Mules have one horse and one donkey for a parent (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (27 Jun 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 most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago Mules have one horse and one donkey for a parent Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18 Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as ...

Jun 27, 20246 min

The Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (26 Jun 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 Australian box-jellyfish has eight eyes The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court Ninety percent of the population has an innie belly button In just the first 56 days of life, the larva of the polyphemus moth eats about 86,000 times its birthweight During the Eas...

Jun 26, 20248 min

The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (25 Jun 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 heaviest United States President was William Howard Taft who weighed 332 pounds On average, the rainfall across the Amazon is 7 feet annually. Gorillas are considered apes, not monkeys. The way to distinguish between an ape and a monkey is that apes do not have tails There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New...

Jun 25, 20246 min

Fear of clowns is called coulrophobia (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (24 Jun 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 Mount Horeb Mustard Museum which is located in Wisconsin has the biggest collection of prepared mustards. They have approximately 4,000 different jars and tubes from all over the world An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards A study indicates that smokers are likely to die ...

Jun 24, 20246 min

Termites work 24 hours per day -- they do not sleep (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (23 Jun 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 a study that was done by the University of Chicago in 1907, it was concluded that the easiest color to spot is yellow. This is why John Hertz, who is the founder of the Yellow Cab Company picked cabs to be yellow The sport Lacrosse was initially played by Native American Indians. They played the sport to prepare for war ...

Jun 23, 20246 min

NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (22 Jun 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 venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one bite can kill twenty people or one elephant 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 The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was...

Jun 22, 20246 min

Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (21 Jun 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 the Pacific Islands when people get burns they often use a banana leaf as treatment In a five card poker game there are 2,598,960 possible hands Gases that build up in your large intestine cause flatulence. It usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes for these gases to pass through your system In 1917, Margaret Sanger was ja...

Jun 21, 20246 min

Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (20 Jun 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: Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird. The bird is 2.24 inches long The first formal rules for playing the sport of baseball required the winning team to score 21 runs A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they ex...

Jun 20, 20247 min

James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States (+ 5 more facts)

Daily Facts (19 Jun 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 Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is one of the few places in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow ...

Jun 19, 20245 min

A group of crows is called a murder (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (18 Jun 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 group of crows is called a murder Irish Wolfhound dogs have a short lifespan and live about 7-8 years Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. The first television show to s...

Jun 18, 20247 min

Baseball games between college teams have been played since the Civil War (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (17 Jun 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 museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum Chef Boyardee is actually a real person. His real name is Hector Boiardi and he was born in northern Italy in 1898 The town of Olney, Illinois celebrates a "Squirrel Day...

Jun 17, 20248 min

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

Daily Facts (16 Jun 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: Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers In 1477, the first diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by Archduke Maximillian of Austria When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the f...

Jun 16, 20247 min

Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (15 Jun 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: Only President to win a Pulitzer: John F. Kennedy for "Profiles in Courage" An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment The first American celebration of St. Patricks Day was at Boston in 1737 The sloth moves so slowly that green algae grows in the grooves of their...

Jun 15, 20247 min
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