Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise (+ 9 more facts)
Daily Facts · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.
July 20, 20247m 27s
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Daily Facts (20 Jul 2024)
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Today's facts:
- Nerve cells can travel as fast as 120 metres per second
- Archipelago is the word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together
- Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise
- The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was a Steatoda spider, not a black widow. The spider was given anaesthesia, and was then painted blue and red
- In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario
- If you were standing on Mercury, the Sun would appear 2.5 times larger than it appears from Earth
- Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day
- Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis
- The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.
- Printed on the tablet being held by the Statue of Liberty is July IV, MDCCLXXVI
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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