A myrmecologist studies ants (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (27 Aug 2024)

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Today's facts:

• The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak
• A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon
• Sylvia Plath was a famous poet who killed herself at age thirty-one by sticking her head into a gas oven
• On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth
• The most popular place to burn candles in the house is the living room
• A myrmecologist studies ants
• Due to sugar shortages to make candy during World War II, movie theatre owners turned to popcorn, which is now the best selling snack at movie theatres today
• The oldest actor to win a Best Actor Oscar is Henry Fonda. He was 76 when he won it
• The smoke that is produced by a fire kills more people than a burn does because of carbon monoxide and other dangerous gases
• The average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live about a week without water

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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