Cows can detect odors up to five miles away (+ 8 more facts)

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (04 Aug 2024)

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Today's facts:

• Elvis Presley was obsessed with brushing his teeth
• The name "cranberry" comes from German and Dutch settlers. The berry was intially called "crane berry." The reason it was called this was because when the flowers bloom, the petals of the flowers twist backwards and look very much like the head of a crane. Eventually the name was shortened down to be "cranberry."
• Author Robert May considered the names of Reginald and Rollo before he settled on "Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer."
• Cows can detect odors up to five miles away
• At one time, Pumpkins were recommended for the removal of freckles and curing snake bites
• Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped
• According to legend, tea originated in China when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water
• TYPEWRITER, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard
• Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet, which can complete one revolution in less than ten hours

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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