Today's facts: Lightest gas; Etymology Origin; No-tipping; Multifunctional coffin; Rare occurrence; Alefish.; Pioneering Innovation; Heart rate; Hazardous Volume; Windshield Innovation

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (16 Jul 2025)

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Today's facts:

• Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at 0.08988g/cc
• The name Aspirin was invented from "A" in acetyl chloride. The "spir" comes from spiraea ulmaria which is the plant that they got the salicylic acid from, and the "in" was used because back then it was popular to end the name of medicines with "in."
• There is no tipping in Iceland
• There is a type of coffin made that can be used as a wine rack or picnic table before its final use
• In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada
• Many years ago, a fish was caught that was 33 inches long and seemed to be heavier than it should. When they cut the fish, fishermen found a full of bottle of ale inside it
• Toronto was the first city in the world with a computerized traffic signal system
• Women hearts beat faster than men
• On average, an American home has 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials
• In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers

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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