The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word Qutun. (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (04 Jul 2024)

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Today's facts:

• An average home creates more pollution than does the average car
• The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
• The name for Ivory Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Harley Proctor got though of the name when the minister read from Psalms 45:8, "All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad."
• From 1967-1976, the town of Tororo located in Uganda had thunder 251 out of the 365 days in a year for those years.
• As part of the original design, the names of 72 French scientists and other famous people is imprinted on the sides of the Eiffel tower
• Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter
• The word Cotton originates from the Arabic word "Qutun."
• The highest point in France is Mont Blanc, located in the Alps.
• Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in India. As a percent of his total wealth, this would be comparable to him donating ten cents if he only had $60
• The famous Christmas song "Jingle Bells" was written for a Thanksgiving program in 1857 by James Pierpont. At the time, the song was called "The One-Horse Open Sleigh."

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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