Daily Facts (22 Nov 2025)

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Today's facts:

• Radiohead pioneered the concept of surprise album releases, notably dropping "In Rainbows" in 2007 with just 10 days' notice and a pay-what-you-want download model.
• Sergey Bubka set a total of 35 world records during his pole vault career.
• King Lear is about to divide his kingdom among his daughters, which is a pivotal event in the play.
• Kleptomania is classified as an impulse control disorder where individuals experience an uncontrollable urge to steal items that hold little or no value to them.
• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the public execution of his defense chief Hyon Yong Chol with an anti-aircraft gun for complaining about him and sleeping during a cabinet meeting.
• Evander Holyfield is the only 4-time World Heavyweight Champion, having won the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles multiple times throughout his career.
• M&M's were initially exclusive to the military during World War II, providing heat-resistant chocolate in soldiers' rations.
• A traditional brachioplasty, or arm lift, involves an incision along the inner aspect of the arm to reduce excess skin and fat, and the surgery typically takes two to three hours under general anesthesia.
• "Albert Herring was premiered on 20 June 1947 at Glyndebourne, conducted by the composer Benjamin Britten."
• Larry Parks was the only actor among the original 19 people accused by the House Un-American Activities Committee of being Communists.

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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