Daily Facts (05 Oct 2025)

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Today's facts:

• The name "Grey Poupon" used for mustard comes from two people: Maurice Grey and Auguste Poupon. Grey was the inventor of a machine that mass produced fine textured mustard, and Poupon was an already established maker of mustard. In 1886 the Grey-Poupon firm was formed
• Seven asteroids were especially named for the Challenger astronauts who were killed in the 1986 failed launch of the space shuttle
• A seagull can drink salt water because it has special glands that filter out the salt
• The monogram "RR" for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.
• In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years
• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
• The name Hasbro was invented by the name of the founders: HASsenfeld BROthers
• The fins of the Spiny Dogfish Shark are sometimes used as sandpaper for wood products
• On September 3, 1970, a hailstone was found in Coffeyville, Kansas that was eight inches in diameter and weighed 1.67 pounds.
• To make one glass of orange juice, 50 glasses of water are needed to grow enough oranges to make the juice

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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