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Alexander the Great was an epileptic (+ 6 more facts)

Alexander the Great was an epileptic (+ 6 more facts)

Daily Facts · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

February 23, 20255m 49s

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Daily Facts (23 Feb 2025)

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Today's facts:

  • The study of ants is called Myrmecology
  • MS-DOS was originally calle QDOS and was bought of the author by Microsoft for a small fee. The rest is history
  • Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War
  • Alexander the Great was an epileptic
  • There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce
  • There was a molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people
  • George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory

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

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