Which continent has more species than any other?
Why was the chainsaw invented?
Episode Transcript
Well, that was kind of random. Mel tying for random
facts with Mel Taylor.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The first escalator was actually an amusement park ride in
Coney Islands, New York, eighteen ninety six. Somebody's like, man,
that's a good idea. Mercury is the closest planet to
the Sun, but Venus gets hotter because it's atmosphere traps
and holds the heat. South America has more animal species
than any other continent. The fortune cookie was likely invented
(00:28):
in the US by people of Japanese descent. How about
the chainsaw was originally created to aid in child's birth
all right, and lemurs Us millipedes as an insect repellent,
and they also use it to get high. That's look today.
I sure a random facts
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