Today's facts: Radarange Refrigerator; Pioneer Astronaut; Misleading Upbringing; Freckle-remedy; Bone Chandelier; Age gap; Onion talisman; Curse Allegations; Red Bananas

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (11 Aug 2025)

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Today's facts:

• The first commercial microwave oven was called the "1161 Radarange" and was the size of a refrigerator
• Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to enter space. She spent three days in space and completed forty-eight orbits of Earth
• American actor Jack Nicholson, and American singer Bobby Darrin were raised believing their grandmothers were their mothers and their mothers were their older sisters
• At one time, pumpkins were recommended for removing freckles
• In Czechhoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made of human bones
• Playwright Shakespeare was only 18 years old when he married Ann Hathaway, who was 26 years old at the time
• Ancient Egyptians believed that onions would keep evil spirits away
• Many of the stars that were in the Poltergeist Trilogy had strange deaths
• There are some bananas that are red instead of yellow

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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