The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre (+ 6 more facts)
Daily Facts · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.
February 16, 20245m 38s
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Daily Facts (16 Feb 2024)
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Today's facts:
- The largest type of penguin is the Emperor Penguin which can stand to be almost 3.5 feet tall and weigh more than 90 pounds
- The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers
- A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size
- The USA bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre
- In 1999, All Nippon Airlines, had one of its jets fully decorated with Pokemon characters from nose to tail on its exterior
- The deepest underwater penguin dive is 1,772 feet by an Emperor Penguin
- In the movie "Gandhi" 300,000 extras appeared in the funeral scene. Of the 300,000, approximately 100,000 received a small fee, and the other 200,000 did it for free
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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