Daily Facts

Daily Facts (27 Apr 2023) [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: Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable Goat meat contains up to 45 percent less saturated fat than chicken meat Male goats will pee on each other in order to attract mates After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-5...

Daily Facts (26 Apr 2023) [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: When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear In 1972, a gorilla by the name of "Koko" was taught ASL (American Sign Language) for the deaf. By the...

Daily Facts (25 Apr 2023) [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: More than 3000 years ago children played with circular hoops made with grape vines. This toy was swung around the waist. Years later this toy was made by company called Wham-O and the Hula-Hoop was invented in 1958 Every 238...

Daily Facts (24 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The best selling chocolate syrup in the world is Hershey An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years A world record 328 pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, i...

Daily Facts (23 Apr 2023) Today's facts: People from the United States eat the most chicken per person than anywhere else in the world Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth The average price for a major league baseball game in 2004 is $19.82 The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly ever since it has been domesticated Every day, the Hubble telescope...

Daily Facts (22 Apr 2023) Today's facts: In a day the blue whale calf drinks approximately 130 gallons of milk The Shroud of Turin is the single most studied artifact in human history Some species of dolphin sleep with one eye open EPCOT stands for "Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow." The Pentagon cost $49,600,000 to build in 1941 Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards...

Daily Facts (21 Apr 2023) Today's facts: Emilio Marco Palma was the first person born in Antarctica in 1978 The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste The most recycled product in the world is the automobile. In the Victoria era, red tulips were a declaration of love The reason why milk is white is because...

Daily Facts (20 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams Donkeys can live between 30 to 50 years in captivity An elephant can live up to the age of seventy, or in some cases even more Basketball was invented by Canadian James Naismith in 1891 The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma Pepsi originally contained peps...

Daily Facts (19 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890 To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed. An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain. Actress Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Oscar nominated actress, with a record of 13 nominations Halifax, Nova Scoti...

Daily Facts (18 Apr 2023) Today's facts: Ancient Egyptian women used to wear perfume cones made of wax that would melt in the heat letting out a nice fragrance Retail sales for soft drinks in the United States in 2001 were more than sixty billion dollars The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the...

Daily Facts (17 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold On average, an ear of a corn has 16 rows and approximately 800 kernels Approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley who died at birth After the "Popeye" comic strip was launched in 19...

Daily Facts (16 Apr 2023) Today's facts: Constipation is caused when too much water is absorbed in the large intestine and the feces become dry Approximately 87% of dog owners say that when they watch T.V. their dog curls up beside them or at their feet The largest chicken egg ever laid weighed a pound and had a double yolk and shell Pineapples were first called "anana", which is Caribbean for "ex...

Daily Facts (15 Apr 2023) Today's facts: Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer There are over 500 different types of bananas The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long Cattle can produce up to 180 litres of saliva in one day Frogs do not need to drink water as...

Daily Facts (14 Apr 2023) Today's facts: In 1890, there was no sunshine for the whole month of December in Westminster in London. A glockenspiel is a musical instrument that is like a xylophone. It has a series of metal bars and is played with two hammers Kit Kat chocolate bar was introduced to the market in 1935 The eight most popular foods to cause food allergies are: milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts,...

Daily Facts (13 Apr 2023) Today's facts: In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year. In 1876, Maria Spelterina was the first woman to ever cross Niagara Falls on a high wire In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the rate would be. This technique was r...

Daily Facts (12 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The only English place that has a name that ends with an exclamation mark is "Westward Ho!" Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998 The oil that is found in poison ivy is called "urushiol." Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission Incas used to create pots in the shap...

Daily Facts (11 Apr 2023) Today's facts: An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld BROthers An adult sheep can eat between 1 to 4 kg of food per day In one night, an adult hippopotamus eats approximately 150 pounds of grass The largest known hailstone to have fallen was in Germany in 1...

Daily Facts (10 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can leap as far as twenty feet The two factories of the Jelly Belly Candy Company produces approximately 100,000 pounds of jelly beans a day. this amounts to about 1,250,000 jelly beans an hour...

Daily Facts (09 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The "Star Spangled Banner" did not become a national anthem until 1931. It was designated by an Act of Congress Ellen Macarthur, yachtswoman, had a total of 891 naps in 94 days that were each 36 minutes long while on her Vendee Round the Globe yacht race People of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured gelatin Jell-O in the United States There are appro...

Daily Facts (08 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps. In 1992, the Antarctic Ozone hole was larger than the continent of North America. The most frequent season for most suicides to occur is in the spring. The winter months have the lowest number of suicides The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and fi...

Daily Facts (07 Apr 2023) Today's facts: Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level. About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." 215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton...

Daily Facts (06 Apr 2023) Today's facts: A myrmecologist studies ants A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty On September 7, 1997, the first flight of the F-22a occurred. Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can. In the United States, 80% of households have oatmeal in their kitchen The word Spain means "the land of rabbits." The biggest di...

Daily Facts (05 Apr 2023) Today's facts: With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches On April 6, 1925, the first in-flight movie was shown. It was a silent film and appeared on a Deutsche Luft Hansa flight Every eleven minutes in the U.S., a woman dies of breast cancer In the first century, people used to drink goats milk to sweeten the...

Daily Facts (04 Apr 2023) Today's facts: The largest school in the world is City Montessori School in India and has over 25,000 students in grade levels ranging from kindergarten to college JELL-O was declared The "Official State Snack" of Utah in January 2001 In 1848, the first American pasta factory opened in Brooklyn, New York. The name of the man that opened it was Antoine Zerega Next to Warsa...

Daily Facts (03 Apr 2023) Today's facts: Some arthritis medications contain gold salts, which is used as an anti-inflammatory Milk and cheese can aid in the reduction of tooth decay In 410 A.D. Alaric the Visigoth demanded that Rome give him three thousand pounds of pepper as ransom No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple The CN Tower, in Toronto, is the tallest...