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March 27, 2024 7 mins
Daily Facts (28 Mar 2024) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The book "Little Red Riding Hood" was banned in 1990 by two school districts in California. They did this because in the book there was a picture of a basket that had a bottle of wine in it Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946 French soldiers during World War I had the nickname "poilu" which translates to "hairy one." Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches Better wine can be produced by the soil being of poor quality. This is because the vines have to "work" harder The average human head weighs about eight pounds A leech can gorge itself up to a maximum of five times its body weight The flatulation from domesticated cows produce about 30% of the methane on this planet The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922 Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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