Daily Facts (18 Jul 2025)

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Today's facts:

• Each year all of the Hostess bakeries combined bake 500 million Twinkies a year. (A twinkie is a sponge cake with a creamy filling.)
• Peaches were once known as Persian apples
• Storks were a symbol of fertility in Europe and were considered to bring good luck
• Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government
• Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan worked as a lifeguard in his youth at a beach near Dixon, Illinois and saved over 77 lives
• 93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women
• Steve Fletcher holds the record for the largest gum wrapper collection. His collection has 5300 gum wrappers from all across the world
• Former U.S. President William Taft converted the White House stable into a four car garage in 1909

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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