Fact Of The Day

Two for one fact day today! You've read the title you know what's coming for that, but there's also a little extra in the ice hockey realm too. Respect to those poor soldiers of WW1, let's all get up for dawn service this upcoming ANZAC Day See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No doubt this has been covered by Sir David Attenborough at some point but it's always good to have a refresher. Any animal facts we can slip into Fact of the Day, everybody wins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the classic random google searches when you're bored. 'Google what is the total population of the world?'Then bam, off you go on a fun wee statistical journey that ultimately gets confusing and back to Tiktok you go! But this wee extra stat that Vaughan has cooked up for you is a real doozy... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've gone from waiting a literal BILLION years for something to happen on earth, to throwing tandrums when it takes too long to get your meal in the drive through. Progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the surface, this fact is rather obvious. Dig a little deeper though and the reasons why and the whole history of the continent, omg it's simply delicious! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's fact is about the causes of divorce in countries, specifically in Egypt where that had a major increase in divorce rates. To get divorced there you have to give a reason, and what a surprise it was to see Candy Crush and Playstation as noted reasons for the sudden increases! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time is confusing at the best of ....times. And it's even making these descriptions confusing. We have daylight savings and spring forward, lean back, and time zones all over the world. And your car and microwave doesn't auto update making things even messier!  History often gives explanations of how we got to do things the way we do and this fact of the day helps explain why New Zealand is playin...

Carmel Indiana's Zip code is 46032, it's also a town that chose to use roundabouts in the 90's and it made a big difference. Now you know two things about Carmel Indiana. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Enhance your world knowledge with this juicy fact you'll be able to tell your friends at the cafe and you'll be the coolest person in the group! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who knew video games were such big money? When you stop and think about it, it really does make sense...but did you  think about how much people are spending on candy crush? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is not opinion of the day or rumour of the day. It's Fact of the Day! So we aren't offended when you hear this and question the valiidity but it's true. Based on history and research. If you see the amount of underwear being purchased by men dropping. It's an indicator that the economy is heading for a dip... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many can you guess? They aren't specific to one little area either, they are all over the world! Have fun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yes pokemon was referenced in this episode of Fact of the Day. All the river monsters were caught!! Not sure if the host collected all the gym badges and defeated the Elite Four though... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outside of New Zealand this may be a little hard to explain, but EVERYBODY knows about this in the land of the long white cloud. As the world got smaller and smaller, language issues were bound to cause a few mishaps and in 2008 Whakatane struggled to get it's own name on the google map. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ancient rome had their own version of the eye test, but they didn't have the fancy machines and the chart with the letters getting smaller and smaller (or maybe they did and we couldn't find any). You wanna be an archer? you gotta pass this test first. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Same moon, different month? The moon gets a whole new name. The farmers got together and decided on a bunch of different names for the full moon depending on what time of year it is. Did they do that internationally? doubtful. But hey those farmers work pretty hard so let them have their fun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The sport of golf requires lots of land to have a proper 18 hole course. New Zealand has a decent amount of land and we can proudly lay claim to 1% of the worlds golf courses (90% are probably run with the good old fashioned 'honestly box'. The USA has LOTS of land. Hence all those courses See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you know why drinks are sometimes called sparkling wine instead of Champagne, you know where we are going with this... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Corosion is one of those words you hear about in year 9 science class along with 'biodegrading' and 'bunsen burner'. In San Franciso, a certain lamp post was always being urinated on, to the point where it coroded and came crashing down, nearly killing a poor citizen. Peeing on something to bring it down? Challenge accepted... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Insulation, you da real MVP. If going to the bottle store in Summer is your idea of fluctuating temperature shifts, it's got nothing on outer space. That puppy is jumping up and down all over the place freezing things and burning things to a crisp in seconds. So all those astronauts living on the ISS, how do they have it so comfy? Vaughan will tell you... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Are you the new King or Queen of your country? Not so keen on going by the name you're known by currently? Well well well it turns out you being all knowing all powerful, you have the ability to choose a different name.....If it's a name that already runs in your family. You know for all the power and money and fame that comes with royality, there are a lot of rules you have to abide by... See omn...

Turns out in the U.K you can have some tea and crumpets, pay cricket, have a pint, high 5 a member of One Direction and top your pets blood up all in the same day! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The bloody mary is on menus around the world. As a kid it sounds horrible, as an adult it sounds enticing....but still horrible (until you find out what it's for...and then it sounds like it might be REALLY helpful) But what is the origin story of the name? Well here you go. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As soon as you turn 25, the countdown begins, and slowly but surely your brain delegates more and more space to World War 2 facts. So here's another one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The history of the 90's east coast vs west coast gangsta rap scene is getting further and further away from our memories. While it still has major roots in todays music with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Ice Cube, P Diddy and more, some legends were lost such as the likes of Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.