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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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31% of employees skip lunch entirely (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (13 Aug 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 six million parts in the Boeing 747-400. Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy. 31% of employees skip lunch entirely Shirley Temple w...

Aug 13, 20247 min

The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (12 Aug 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 eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams Fat is important for the development of children and normal growth After the Eiffel Tower was built, one person was killed during the installation of the lifts. No one was killed during the actual construction of the tower The Crayola colour flesh was changed to peach in ...

Aug 12, 20247 min

Nine egg yolks have been found in one chicken egg (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (11 Aug 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 yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds The company Chanel claims that every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world, a bottle of Chanel No 5 is sold The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario Canada took a total constru...

Aug 11, 20248 min

93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (10 Aug 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 United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming In the U.S., approximately 46% of the chicken that is eaten by people comes from restaurants or other food outlets Dill seeds are so small that approximately 10,000 dill seeds would be required to...

Aug 10, 20248 min

Earthworms have 5 hearts (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (09 Aug 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 25 percent of all the energy consumed in the US is from natural gas Earthworms have 5 hearts The city of Argentia which is located on Newfoundland's southwest coast, is Canada's most fog-bound community. It has 206 days of fog each year. Silk was developed in China were it was kept a secret for more than two thousands...

Aug 09, 20247 min

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

Daily Facts (08 Aug 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 takes seven to ten days to make a jelly belly jellybean Roman emperors ate flamingo tongues which were considered a delicacy. Also parrotfish livers, and pheasant brains were feasted on Used in art the word "sfumato" refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another Cows drink anywhe...

Aug 08, 20247 min

Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (07 Aug 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 scarlet tanager, a songbird native to Illinois, can eat as many as 2,100 gypsy-moth caterpillars in one hour During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore Bile produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green colou...

Aug 07, 20247 min

Alexander the Great was an epileptic (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (06 Aug 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: 2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as "corns" of salt Camel is considered unclean meat in the Bible The total number of steps in the Eiffel Tower are 1665 ...

Aug 06, 20247 min

Approximately 7.5% of all office documents get lost (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (05 Aug 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 only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle Only 23% of New Zealand families have more than two children Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic Approximately 7.5% of all office documents get lost In 1864, A Quebec farmer found a frog inside a hailstone The country of Bolivia ...

Aug 05, 20247 min

Cows can detect odors up to five miles away (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (04 Aug 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 Presley was obsessed with brushing his teeth The name "cranberry" comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called "crane berry." The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the na...

Aug 04, 20246 min

Brazil is the largest producers of oranges in the world (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (03 Aug 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 beeswax that is produced by Honey bees comes from eight paired glands that are located on the underside of their stomach Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cel...

Aug 03, 20247 min

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (02 Aug 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 one day, 230 marriage licenses are issued in Las Vegas Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans d...

Aug 02, 20247 min

A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (01 Aug 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: Reserves from the Irish army were used as extras in the movie "Braveheart." A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales The real name of Toto...

Aug 01, 20247 min

On average, pigs live for about 15 years (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (31 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: On average, pigs live for about 15 years Every second, 8000 Coca-Cola Company products are consumed in the world In 1942 the Jello company introduced Cola flavored jello, which only lasted a year Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do Pumpkins contain potassium and vitamin A The Sears Tower located in Chicago...

Jul 31, 20247 min

Stalks of sugar cane can reach up to 30 feet (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (30 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 1999, All Nippon Airlines, had one of its jets fully decorated with Pokemon characters from nose to tail on its exterior The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar an England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes Olive oil can help in lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of heart complicatio...

Jul 30, 20247 min

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

Daily Facts (29 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: Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches The name Reebok was named after the African Gazelle Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not Every year Alaska h...

Jul 29, 20247 min

Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (28 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 dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink A swordfish can live as long as 25 years and weigh up to 1,200 pounds The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam The first penny candy to be wrapped in America was the Tootsie Roll in 1896 May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than ba...

Jul 28, 20247 min

The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (27 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 over 500 different types of bananas The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers Actress Sally Field was paid $4,000 a week for her role in the TV show The Flying Nun The Chihuahua Desert is the largest desert in North America, and is over 200,000 square miles Three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey An...

Jul 27, 20247 min

Catfish have tastebuds located on their whiskers (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (26 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 colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are the colours that stimulate hunger General William Booth is the founder of the Salvation Army The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. Catfish have...

Jul 26, 20247 min

Bugs Bunny was originally called Happy Rabbit. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (25 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: Sheep can detect other sheep faces like humans do. They can remember up to 50 sheep faces Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute In 1890, Scott Paper produced the first toilet paper to be available on a roll ...

Jul 25, 20247 min

The average office document gets copied 19 times (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (24 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: Men are more likely to be colorblind than women. About one of out of 12 men are colorblind All dogs are the descendant of the wolf. These wolves lived in eastern Asia about 15,000 years ago Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on the cartoon show "Scooby-Doo." Casey Kasem, being a strict vegetarian, also requested that Shaggy...

Jul 24, 20247 min

The Bible has been translated into Klingon (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (23 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 a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury In the dry valleys region of Antarctica, it has not rained in 2 million years accord...

Jul 23, 20247 min

On a ship a toilet is called a head (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (22 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 the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time Pretzel that have no salt on them are called "baldies." If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee Krispy Kreme make five million doughnut a day If an identical twin grows up without ha...

Jul 22, 20246 min

India has the most post offices in the world (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (21 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 adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World" Another word to refer to old age is senectitude Even though the rose does not bear an...

Jul 21, 20247 min

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (20 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: Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was...

Jul 20, 20247 min

215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (19 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 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time 215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple Over one million Pet Rocks were sold in 1975, makine Gary Dahl, of Los G...

Jul 19, 20247 min

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (18 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 molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle New Mexico is known as the "Land of Enchantment." The Food and Drug Administration says the most com...

Jul 18, 20247 min

Thailand used to be called Siam (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (17 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 a cockroach breaks a leg it can grow another one The fastest shark is the "Shortfin Mako," which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the Western Pacific Thailand used to be called Siam In 1916, Charlie Chaplin was making $10,000 a week, making him the...

Jul 17, 20247 min

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (16 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 only flying saucer launch pad in the world is located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada In the world, the Netherlands has the highest concentration of museums in the world. Just in Amsterdam alone there are 42 museums A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905. updated "Dreamt...

Jul 16, 20248 min

Some toothpastes contain antifreeze (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (15 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: St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904 A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre Thomas W...

Jul 15, 20247 min
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