Fact Of The Day

To finish off the week, Vaughan blows us away with two facts in one. We learn about the age of ciabatta bread & about the history of Italy. It's truly mind blowing!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a Wikipedia page listing every film & TV accident whilst filming. A silent film in 1914 was in the middle of filming a scene where the actors were crossing a river. Someone tragically capsized which resulted in the rescuer and the actor dying in quicksand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All historical and modern tunnel boring machines are named after females. Why? Because of Saint Barbara. A patron saint of minors and underground workers. More on this in today's episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bruce Springsteen's song 'born in the USA' is about the economic hardships of Vietnam war veterans returning home & how hard it was even though they were born in the USA. The song however charted better in NZ than it did in America See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: This is dark Vaughan, half a bottle of room temperature chardonnay deep, decided this would be a perfect fact for Breakfast radio... In the later stages of burning people on a stake, people started to question this ritual. Thus gunpowder was added to kill the victim instantly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wordle is the game the whole world is playing. It's where you guess one word a day but you have 6 attempts to guess it. It's the most wholesome game yet! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are 16 unused starts to NZ postcodes - postcodes starting in 27,28, 29 are unused with more clusters higher up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vaughan takes you on a journey explaining the history of how a 19th century French Journalists tombstone statue came to be. Located in Paris, the statue is often visited by women who believe in the myth that by touching the statues bulge, kissing it & placing flowers in its hat will aid them in getting pregnant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 18th century, Botulinum toxin (best known as Botox) was found to be the causative agent of a series of devastating outbreaks in Germany all caused by suspiciously bad sausages! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Marks was an extraordinary man who built the New Plymouth's wind wand at 76. The amount of steps he did would euqivalate to a mighty walk from one iconic NZ city to another. Rest in peace Dave See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 10th, a day full of many things. Two notable things worth mentioning is Jon Hamm's birthday & COVID being declared a pandemic by the World Heath Organisation a year ago (March 10th 2020). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the day this was recorded it was Barbies birthday. Enjoy a whole bunch of Barbie facts in her honour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's one person who has won two EGOT'S,* Robert Lopez & he's on his way to win his third.  *EGOT = Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The way boa constrictor snakes can kill you is NOT by cutting off your breathing supply but by putting you into cardiac arrest See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1982, mechanics at a Car Rally found 3 fingers in the bonnet. This accident occurred from an old Portuguese tradition - where you would try touch the fast rally cars zooming by. If you touched one you it meant good luck. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are many elements named after countries. Argentina, however, is the only country in the world to be named after an element! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From October 2009 - to January 2010 Kirsten Dunst was apart of an art exhibition in London. Her role was to be dressed as Akihabara Majokko Princess & sing! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Ye' in the phrase 'Ye Olde' is pronounced like 'The Olde.' In this episode, the team pick apart the history of this well known and often mispronounced phrase. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four years ago an oil rig company went broke & had to stop work immediately, meaning the oil rig working at sea needed to stop and drop anchor. The crew of five are still stranded at sea with no assistance provided to get back home See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Americans didn't regularly brush their teeth until after WW2... I KNOW GROSS RIGHT?? The US soldiers observed how regular the Europeans brushed their teeth & began to implement this habit into their own lives See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over in Switzerland rules came into place in 2013 where witches were not allowed to fly their broomsticks above the 150 meter airspace limit See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In one of the coldest countries in Europe lies the continents largest Banana plantation. A greenhouse is built where the warmth from the geothermal vents is used as a way to warm the growing fruit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In WW2 Bulgaria faced war with everyone BUT only for a period of time. Due to Bulgaria taking there time in declaring war on Germany, Russia was declaring war on Bulgaria. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Published in 1745 by polish priest Benedykt Joachim Chmielowski, was the first ever polish encyclopedia. In this first edition lies a rather humours way to explain what a 'horse' is... #mood See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Excuse the hectic energy from today's episode, just go with it. The worlds only remaining 1G network is located in Russia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.