Fact Of The Day
The podcast that'll make you sound cooler at the water cooler! Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's world famous Fact of the Day - new episodes every weekday. Instagram, Facebook & TikTok: @FVHZM Part of the ZM Podcast Network: linktr.ee/ZMonline
Episodes
On This FOTD(OTW); Vaughan races through a short week of Accidental Inventions!
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Accidental discoveries week: The slink was meant to stop instruments from breaking whilst at sea
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Accidental discoveries week: Wilson Greatbatch accidentally invented the pacemaker
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On This FOTD(OTW); Vaughan rattles off a bunch of things that turn 50 this year!
(Note: This does not include himself...)
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Liposuction was invented 50 years ago
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The UPC Barcode turns 50 this year
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Bayleys Irish Whiskey turns 50 this year
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The Rubix Cube is 50 years old today
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Television Week: 2019 was the year humans consumed more phone screen time than TV time
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On This FOTD(OTW), Vaughan couch potatoes his way through a week of Television Facts!
It's time for....
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Television Week: Americans collectively watch around 250 BILLION hours of TV each year
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Television week: The worlds smallest commercial television was 30cm wide
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Television Week: LCD displays were discovered by an Austrian who was studying carrots
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Television Week: The cost of a flatscreen TV over time
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Incorrectly named animals extravaganza!
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It's only called 'Chinese' checkers, to give the game an exotic title
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Berries should really be called 'agregate fruits'
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Digestives are misleading in their name
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Mythical creature week: Animals that were considered mythical creatures
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Mythical creature week: Erchitu from Sardinia
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