Today's facts: Paradoxical Outcome; Etymology: Umbra; Spooniverse; Cholesterol-lowering; Air purification; Lifespan: 15; Superstrength Antics; Cookie-consumption; Whiskeyspill

Daily Facts (15 Jun 2025) [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: Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18% The word "umbrella" is derived from the Latin root word "umbra", which means shade or shadow New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the world The pectin that is found in apples aids in lowering cholesterol levels One tree can filter up to sixty pounds of pollutants from the air each year. On average, pigs live for about 15 years The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight, and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated The average American eats 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime On May 9, 1999 approximately 600,000 gallons of whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River during a fire at Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg 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