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Daily Facts

Today's facts: Quad-winged; Hydrophobic Agent; Giraffe-heart.; Rubber-based; Pecan Legacy; Counterfeit Crisis; Unprotected Era; Invention Inspiration; Footrace; Pioneer Broadcaster

04 Oct 2025

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Daily Facts (04 Oct 2025) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: A honey bee has four wings The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer The heart of an adult giraffe weighs on average 26 pounds Chewing gum has rubber as an ingredient When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas After the U.S Civil War, about 33%-50% of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959 Swiss engineer George de Mestral, who got the idea after noticing burrs were sticking to his pants after his regular walks through the woods, invented Velcro. The first Olympic games only had one event - a foot race The first television newscaster was Kolin Hager, who used to broadcast farm and weather reports in 1928 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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