The peanut is not a nut, it is actually a legume (+ 9 more facts)
Oct 17, 2024•7 min
Episode description
Daily Facts (17 Oct 2024)
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Today's facts:
Frogs do not need to drink water as they absorb the water through their skin
Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine when it was initially introduced
It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation
Sales of antacids increase by as much as 20% the day after the Superbowl
The peanut is not a nut, it is actually a legume
The flu pandemic of 1918 killed over 20 million people
A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
The first couple to be shown on a sitcom sleeping in the same bed was "Mary Kay and Johnny."
Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios
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