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January 17, 2025 1 min
Is a Cheez-It cracker a square? 
Are Penn and Teller friends? 
Are there more tanning beds or McDonald locations in Florida? 
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well that was kind of random. Mel dying for random
facts with Mel Taylor.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
I got some good ones, I think.

Speaker 3 (00:06):
Do you know cheese at crackers are technically not square
their rectangles they're about one inch by zero point ninety
five inches. In nineteen sixty nine, I had to look
more into this, but a musician named Jim Sullivan recording
the album was called UFO, featured strange lyrics about leaving
his family being adopted by aliens.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well, he disappeared six years later without a trace.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
The only evidence was his abandoned car, which was found
on a deserted road.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Pet and Teller aren't friends.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
They say they have a business relationship, and not being
friends is why they've lasted so long.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
How about Florida?

Speaker 3 (00:41):
The Sunshine's Day has more indoor tanning salons than McDonald's locations.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
And the phrase cut to the chase it comes from a.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
Silent film era when movies are usually long love stories
that ended with the thrilling chase scenes.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
So when people would say cut to the chase.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
It met really skip all the boring details and get
to the exciting parts.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Like today at random Facts
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