Some snails live on branches in trees (+ 9 more facts)
Jul 20, 2023•7 min
Episode description
Daily Facts (20 Jul 2023)
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Today's facts:
Since 1950, over 230 million eggs of Silly Putty have been sold
The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890
Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard
Atari had to bury millions of unsold "E.T." game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill in 1982
An adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year
Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays
The most diners per capita in the world are located in the U.S. state New Jersey
The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand, which has 5,034 rooms and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada
Some snails live on branches in trees
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
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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