Daily Facts (01 Dec 2025)

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Today's facts:

• The main Trans-Siberian route is 9288 kilometers long, connecting Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean.
• Kate O'Mara, best known for her role as Cassandra "Caress" Morrell in the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty," died at the age of 74 after a short illness.
• Since its debut in 1986, The Phantom of the Opera has been enjoyed by 100 million people in 124 cities across 25 countries and has grossed £1.7 billion.
• The Little Shop of Horrors was shot on a budget of $30,000 in just two days using sets left over from another film, A Bucket of Blood.
• The Woman's Hour Power List 2015 identifies the ten women with the most influence in the United Kingdom today.
• Eddy Shah was cleared of six counts of raping a schoolgirl under 16 after a jury deliberated for 17 hours and 46 minutes at the Old Bailey.
• The Civil Rights Movement utilized the song "We Shall Overcome" to unite and empower protesters, creating a powerful social phenomenon through music.
• Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN Secretary-General, was killed in a plane crash on September 18, 1961, during a mission to negotiate a ceasefire in the Congo crisis, and there are claims that the crash was the result of an attack by another plane.
• James Bowie, a prominent figure in the Texas Revolution, died at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
• Baltimore Orioles can hybridize with Bullock’s Orioles, resulting in offspring that are brighter orange than a typical Bullock’s but duller than a typical Baltimore, which can confuse bird watchers.

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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