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

Daily Facts (11 Jan 2025) [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: Mangos are valued for their reputation as an aphrodisiac in countries such as Guatemala and India Of all the golfers in Canada, 71.4% golfers are male, 28.6% are female Termites have been around for over 250 million years The Beatles have sold more records than anyone else with over a billion worldwide Toronto was the first...

Jan 11, 20258 min

Most toilets flush in E flat (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (10 Jan 2025) [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: Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it sheds Coffee beans were chewed for more than 400 years before the first cup of coffee was brewed Most toilets flush in E flat Sex acts like a natural antihistamine, in can clear up a stuffy nose The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing A...

Jan 10, 20257 min

The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word Qutun. (+ 5 more facts)

Daily Facts (09 Jan 2025) [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 Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word "Qutun." Surveys indicate that the number one reason people play BINGO is for leisure Actor John Travolta was offered the role of Billy Flynn many times for the movie "Chicago." Richard Gere ended up playing the ...

Jan 09, 20255 min

A group of whales is called a pod or gam (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (08 Jan 2025) [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 whales is called a pod or gam The word "super" to a beekeeper refers to the hive box where the honey is stored Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them The average number of people that go to a party for the Super Bowl is 17 Two-thirds of Canadians live...

Jan 08, 20257 min

Pearls are rarely found in North American oysters (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (07 Jan 2025) [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: Snails eat with a rasping mouth called a "radula," which has thousands of teeth In 1980, Saddam Hussein received a key to the city of Detroit It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year'ssupply of footballs. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan, refused to brand his cattl...

Jan 07, 20257 min

There were 13 couples celebrating their honeymoon on the Titanic (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (06 Jan 2025) [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: Silk was developed in China were it was kept a secret for more than two thousands years. Anyone found trying to smuggle silkworm eggs or cocoons out of the country was immediately put to death The New York Yankees have appeared in the World Series a league leading 38 times and won 26 titles Boeing completed more than 15,000...

Jan 06, 20256 min

James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (05 Jan 2025) [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 human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old During the era of Louis XIV, women used lemons to redden their lips The Coca Cola company offers more than 300 different beverages To lose one pound of fat, a person has to burn approximately 3,500 calories Research indicates that plants grow healthier when th...

Jan 05, 20258 min

A turtle can breathe through its butt. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (04 Jan 2025) [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: 570 gallons of paint would be needed to paint the outside of the White House 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, fort...

Jan 04, 20257 min

The age of a saguaro cactus is calculated by its height (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (03 Jan 2025) [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 vegetable that is eaten most by Americans is potatoes. On average, a person eats about 140 pounds of potatoes annually The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916 Approximately 200 pets are buried in a pet cemetery out of the thousands of pets that die each day...

Jan 03, 20257 min

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

Daily Facts (02 Jan 2025) [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 a ship a toilet is called a head Clarence Crane the inventor of "Crane's Peppermint Life Savers" sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars. Male koalas mark their territory by rubbing their chests on a tree. Male koalas have a dark scent gland in the middle of their chest The Gastric Flu c...

Jan 02, 20257 min

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

Daily Facts (01 Jan 2025) [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 about 34,000 species of spiders Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935 There is a place called Hell, Michigan. It is about 50 miles from Detroit, Michigan The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill Bird droppings ar...

Jan 01, 20257 min

Flu shots only work about 70% of the time (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (31 Dec 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: Flu shots only work about 70% of the time The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world Close to 3 billion movie tickets are sold in India every year ...

Dec 31, 20247 min

One out of 20 people have an extra rib (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (30 Dec 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 out of 20 people have an extra rib In 1990, the largest watermelon ever grown was 262 pounds, by Bill Carson of Tennesse, USA After the death of the genius, Albert Einstein, his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study Eighty percent of the Vanilla Beans which are used to make ice cream is gr...

Dec 30, 20248 min

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (29 Dec 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 word "diastema" is the word for having a gap between your teeth Any animal that has skin hair or fur can get dandruff, but in animals it is called "dander." Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers The city of Argentia which is located on Newfoundland's southwest coas...

Dec 29, 20247 min

The average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (28 Dec 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 average height of an NBA basketball player is 6 feet 7 inches Annually, fires that occur at home kill more Americans than all natural disasters combined The only species of turtle that lives in the open ocean is the sea turtle In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made ...

Dec 28, 20246 min

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

Daily Facts (27 Dec 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: No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years In 1952, the first TV toy commercial aired. It was for Mr. Potato Head A baby kangaroo is called a joey There are more than 250,00...

Dec 27, 20247 min

The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (26 Dec 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 Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean During the hi...

Dec 26, 20247 min

Water expands 9% when it is frozen (+ 5 more facts)

Daily Facts (25 Dec 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: Actress Michelle Pfeiffer was the first choice to play Clarice Starling in the movie "Silence of the Lambs." She turned down the role because she found it too scary The only South East Asian country that has never been colonized by a Western Power is Thailand The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produces appro...

Dec 25, 20245 min

Tarantulas can live up to 30 years (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (24 Dec 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 1886, Coca-cola was first served at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia for only five cents a glass. A pharmacist named John Pemberton created the formula for Coca-cola There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink Early sewing machines were destroyed by mobs or workers who felt their jobs were thr...

Dec 24, 20247 min

Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (23 Dec 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 1920's, Q-Tips were invented by Leo Gerstenzang who got the idea after watching his wife clean their baby's ears with cotton stuck onto a toothpick. Australian Graham Barker extracted his own belly button fluff every day for 18 years acquiring a record-breaking amount of fluff. He hopes to accumulate enough fluff to ...

Dec 23, 20247 min

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

Daily Facts (22 Dec 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 average American eats 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime Between 1997-2002, there was an increase of 228% in cosmetic procedures in the United States The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it ...

Dec 22, 20248 min

A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (21 Dec 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 $7 billion a year is spent on chocolates by consumers Ray Kroc bought McDonalds for $2.7 million in 1961 from the McDonald brothers Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men Parrots cannot eat chocolate because it is poisonous to their body The life expectancy of a ...

Dec 21, 20248 min

A group of tigers is called a streak (+ 7 more facts)

Daily Facts (20 Dec 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: Tohru Iwatani, the inventor of the video game Pac-Man, came up with the idea when he saw a pizza with a slice missing at a dinner party Over the course of one year, a coffee tree only produces about 1.5 pounds of coffee Pineapples were first called "anana", which is Caribbean for "excellent fruit." There have been over fift...

Dec 20, 20246 min

George Washington grew hemp in his garden (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (19 Dec 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 2,700 people die of heart disease A housefly can only ingest liquid material. They regurgitate their food to liquify the food that they are going to eat On average, a person has two million sweat glands Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears The Danish company Lego, which began ...

Dec 19, 20248 min

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

Daily Facts (18 Dec 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: Eating parsley after eating an onion can help in getting rid of onion breath The Bible has been translated into Klingon Dieting can cause bad breath since less saliva is produced which leads to dry mouth "dous":tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teet...

Dec 18, 20247 min

Turtles can breathe through their butts (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts (17 Dec 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: Shark cartilage has been used to make artificial skin for human burn victims The patent number of the telephone is 174465. The name Santa Claus came from Saint Nicholas who was a bishop in the town of Myra, and was known to be very nice to children Turtles can breathe through their butts The sound made by the Victoria Falls...

Dec 17, 20246 min

Goats do not have upper front teeth (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (16 Dec 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 temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death Goats do not have upper fron...

Dec 16, 20247 min

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts (15 Dec 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: Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimeter in one year The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache Cataloupes are named after the gardens of Cantaloupe, Italy where some belive this melon was first grown For the movie "Tootsie" actor Dustin Hoffman thought of the title. His mother used ...

Dec 15, 20247 min

Sponge Candy was invented in Buffalo, NY (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (14 Dec 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 study of twins is known as gemellology The Roman emperor Domitian took great pleasure in being secluded in his room for hours and catching flies and stabbing them with pens The oldest bird on record was Cocky, a cockatoo, who died in the London Zoo at the age of 82 Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight O...

Dec 14, 20248 min

In Australia, a common Boxing day activity is surfing (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts (13 Dec 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: Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago The fins of the Spiny Dogfish Shark are sometimes used as sandpaper for wood products The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear In Australia, a common "Boxing day" activity is surfin...

Dec 13, 20248 min
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