Today's facts: Brief Duration; Trailblazing Achievement; Temporary cycle; Linguistic adaptation; Ergot-derived; Environmental Filtration; Diverse Palette; Parliamentarian Newton; Expensive scene; Growth Cycle

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (21 Jul 2025)

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Today's facts:

• A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds
• The 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically
• Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it sheds
• The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
• LSD is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a type of fungus
• An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment
• Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours
• Isaac Newton used to be a member of parliament
• In the movie "The Matrix Reloaded" a 17 minute battle scene cost over $40 million to produce
• The difference between horns and antlers is that horns never stop growing and antlers shed and grow every year

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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