Daily Facts (07 Apr 2023)

Today's facts:

• Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph
• A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
• About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light
• Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands
• The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
• 215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton
• The CIA has made a disk camera that is as big as a quarter. This gadget can take many pictures at a time when the disk is opened.
• Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash
• Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years
• The United Parcel Service shipped the killer whale Keiko (star of Disney movie "Free Willy") from Mexico City to Newport, Oregon in 1998

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI GPT.

This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios

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