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• Today's facts: Rowing Origins; Vampires' Showdown; Heartfelt Preference; Common condition; Iconic show; Adaptation Milestone; Iconic Mini; Timeless Romantic; Alpine-Thailand; Border City

  Daily Facts (15 Dec 2025) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Rowing debuted as a competitive sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, making it one of the oldest Olympic sports. In "The Curse of Fenric," the Doctor faces Fenric, the embodiment of evil, in a plot that involves turning people into modern-day vampires known as haemovores. The Tin Woodman expresses a preference for having a heart over brains, stating he once had both. It’s thought that 75 percent of Americans will have hemorrhoids at some time in their lives. Top of the Pops was a British music chart television programme that aired weekly from 1st January 1964 to 30th July 2006. ‘The Night Manager’ is the first spy novel by John Le Carré to be adapted for television in 20 years. Mr. Bean's Mini is a late 1970s MKIV British Leyland Mini that features an innovative pad-lock security measure and has become an iconic vehicle due to its association with the character. John Keats, who died at the age of 25, is considered one of the greatest English poets and a key figure in the Romantic movement, despite his brief life and career. Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain in Thailand, reaches an elevation of 2,565 meters and has a climate more similar to Canada than to Thailand, with temperatures that can drop as low as -8 degrees Celsius. Dandong is the largest border city in China, located directly across the Yalu River from North Korea's Sinuiju. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Today's facts: Pioneering Terminology; Massive giants; Perfect game.; Inspiration Source; Body-swap; Weather lore; Record-breaking; Atomic scale; Transcendence Journey; Unqualified

  Daily Facts (14 Dec 2025) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: The story "Liar!" in Isaac Asimov's I, Robot contains the first published use of the word "robotics." Fin whales can reach lengths of up to 88 feet (26.8 m) in the southern hemisphere, making them the second-largest whale species after the blue whale. The most a bowler can score in one game is 300 points, which represents 12 strikes in a row. Adrian Edmondson's university nickname "Eddie Monsoon" inspired the name of Jennifer Saunders' character, Edina Monsoon, on Absolutely Fabulous. Peter Parker dies in 'Amazing Spider-Man No. 700' after losing a battle to Doctor Octopus, who then takes over Peter's body and assumes the role of Spider-Man. Legend has it that on St. Swithin's Day, July 15, if it rains, it will continue to rain for the next 40 days. The Mikado ran for 672 performances at the Savoy Theatre, making it the second longest run for any work of musical theatre at the time. 1 Ångström is equal to 1.0 x 10^-10 meters, which is about the size of a typical atom. Wesley Crusher resigned from Starfleet Academy in 2370 after receiving a vision from his deceased father, guided by The Traveller, who revealed his true identity and promised to mentor Wesley on a new journey beyond Starfleet. Despite being famous for his athletic roles, Errol Flynn was classified 4-F and deemed unqualified for military service during World War II due to numerous health issues, including an enlarged heart, chronic malaria, and drug abuse. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Today's facts: Madagascar-size; Potemkin Steps; Onion Pie; Paternity.; Fat-reduction; Decadence Unveiled; Ancient Portugal; Fairy tales; Eco-efficient.; Concorde Exhibit

  Daily Facts (13 Dec 2025) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Madagascar is the 47th largest nation in the world, covering a total area of 587,041 square kilometers. Odessa is famous for the Potemkin steps scene from Eisenstein’s film The Battleship Potemkin. Zwiebelkuchen, or German Onion Pie, is traditionally made with a yeast dough base and a filling of caramelized onions, bacon, and sour cream. Mars, the god of War in Roman mythology, was considered the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Researchers from Temple University have developed a method to reduce milk chocolate's fat content by 20 percent. The musical "Cabaret" features a sexually ambiguous Emcee who introduces the Kit Kat Klub and its performers amidst the rise of the Nazis in 1930s Berlin. Portugal is the oldest nation-state in Europe. Hans Christian Andersen is best known for combining traditional folk tales with his own imagination to create fairy tales that are widely recognized and loved by children today. The Swiss Re Tower, also known as the Gherkin, is 180 meters high and was designed to consume 50% less energy compared to similar buildings. Grantley Adams International Airport features the Barbados Concorde Experience, allowing visitors to explore a genuine British Airways supersonic plane. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Today's facts: Screenwriting Achievement; Compilation Film; Gallipoli Campaign; Royal lineage; Linguistic diversity; Sci-fi series; Inner-judgment; Pioneering Achievement; Jump Racing; Record-breaking

  Daily Facts (12 Dec 2025) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Mario Puzo won 2 Oscars for his work on the screenplay of The Godfather and its sequel, The Godfather Part II. The first Monty Python movie was "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971), which was a collection of upgraded comedy sketches from their TV series. Winston Churchill is credited with committing British, French, and untested Australian and New Zealand forces to the ill-fated campaign to seize control of the Dardanelles Straits during World War I. Samantha Cameron is a descendant of King Charles II. There are over 300 dialects and languages spoken in Pakistan, each distinctly different from the other. Sapphire and Steel ran from 1979 to 1982 and featured Joanna Lumley and David McCallum in a series that included a total of 6 stories spread over 34 episodes. Jesus taught that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister is subject to judgment, equating inner feelings of anger with the act of murder. Ray Charles' single "What'd I Say" became his first Top Ten pop hit and first Gold Record Award, significantly influencing the emergence of the soul sub-genre in R&B. Chepstow Racecourse is primarily known for its jump racing, with the Welsh Grand National being the highlight of the winter season. Andy Gibb became the first male solo artist to have three consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 within a year, from July 30, 1977, to July 29, 1978. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Today's facts: Art-stunt; Expansive network; Incest-avoidance; Misnomer Legacy; Espionage escalation; Elemental organization; Land Girls; Self-produced; Post-independence turmoil; Deep Blue

  Daily Facts (11 Dec 2025) [Promo] The Daily Life Pro Tips Podcast. Improve your life in less than 10 minutes a day. Pod links here Daily Life Pro Tips website. Today's facts: Banksy set up a stall in Central Park selling his original artworks for $60 each, which were actually worth up to £20,000. At its height in 1922, the Twin Cities' rail transit system comprised over 525 miles of track and operated 1,021 streetcars. The Westermarck effect suggests that individuals who grow up in close domestic proximity during their early years are desensitized to sexual attraction to one another, which has been observed in various cultures, including the Israeli kibbutz system. The Bridge of Sighs, built in 1600, was designed to connect the Doge's prisons with the inquisitor's rooms, and its name was popularized in the 19th century despite the fact that the era of executions had ended by the time it was constructed. German intelligence agents working against France increased significantly after the French defeat, with possibly three times as many agents by mid-1941 compared to mid-1940. The Periodic Table of Elements organizes all known chemical elements based on their atomic number and properties. By 1943, more than 80,000 women known as "Land Girls" were working in the Women's Land Army to support agricultural production during World War Two. OK Computer was the first self-produced album by Radiohead, with assistance from Nigel Godrich. Angola gained independence in 1975 after a protracted liberation war but subsequently descended into a civil war that lasted until 2002. On February 10, 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a six-game match against IBM's Deep Blue, a computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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