Daily Facts

Want to get smarter in less than 10 minutes? Then check the Daily Facts podcast that brings you interesting and surprising facts from around the world every day! Did you know that the longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted for 13 seconds? Or that there's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever? With the Daily Facts podcast, you'll learn something new and fascinating with every episode. Tune in daily and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform. Hosted by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

  1. VOR 14 STD.

    Independence Renaming; Adaptation Summary; Self-identity; Remorseful Apology; Regional disparity; Archipelago Diversity; Art Movement; Funafuti-populated; Award-winning; Gualeguaychú Carnival

    Daily Facts (27 Feb 2026) [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: Burkina Faso was originally called Upper Volta and gained independence from France on August 5, 1960. The Music Man KIDS is based on Meredith Willson's six-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy. Frank Sinatra's song "My Way" reflects a life lived with personal conviction and authenticity, emphasizing the importance of self-identity. Michael Gove apologized to his former French teacher 30 years after misbehaving in class, expressing regret for his behavior as a 15-year-old student. For every 12 jobs created in cities in the South of England between 2004 and 2013, only one job was created in cities elsewhere in the UK. Nagasaki Prefecture consists of 971 inhabited and uninhabited islands, making it a region of significant geographical diversity. The term "Neo-Impressionism" was coined by Felix Feneon in the 1880s to describe a movement of artists reacting to the Impressionist style, notably including Paul Signac and Georges Seurat. Funafuti is the most populated atoll of Tuvalu, encircling the Funafuti lagoon and home to approximately 4,500 people. Adele's "Skyfall" won an Oscar, highlighting the significant impact of title songs in the James Bond franchise. El Carnaval del Pais is Argentina’s version of Mardi Gras, celebrated with parades, elaborate costumes, and dancing, with the biggest celebration taking place in Gualeguaychu. 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

    7 Min.
  2. VOR 1 TAG

    Rebranding Consideration; Resilience Record; Expansion Investment; Wholesome character; Triskelion Symbol; Auctioned Car; Rachmaninoff's Opus; Record-breaking; Historic redesign; Archipelago

    Daily Facts (26 Feb 2026) [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: Mars may resurrect the Marathon chocolate bar 18 years after it was renamed Snickers in the UK. June Middleton held the Guinness World Record for spending the longest time in an iron lung, confined to it for 60 years. The Great Yorkshire Showground's proposed new exhibition hall will increase lettable event space from 5,372m² to 6,270m², with a project cost of £10 million, making it the largest investment ever undertaken by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. SpongeBob SquarePants is described as a character who is innocent, forgiving, honest, optimistic, loving, sensitive, and selfless, making him a rare and refreshing presence in television. The Flag of the Isle of Man features a triskelion, a symbol of three legs that represent the motto "quocunque jeceris stabit" (wherever you throw it, it will stand). Michael Schumacher's Benetton-Ford B191B, the car he drove to his first podium finish at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix, is set to be auctioned for up to £300,000. Six Musical Moments, Op. 16, was composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between October and December 1896. Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a 69-ball century against Australia in 2003, making him the fastest to reach three figures among left-handers, even faster than the aggressive Chris Gayle. Hotel Wawel occupies a 16th-century building that has been redesigned in Art Nouveau style. The Philippines is made up of 7,107 islands, totaling about 300,000 sq. km. (117,187 sq. mi.). 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

    7 Min.
  3. VOR 2 TAGEN

    Cocoa-enhanced; Tradition; Roman Numerals; Expulsion Rebellion; Triumph; Water types; Statehood Achieved; Trailblazers; Iconic Soundtrack; Trade-route

    Daily Facts (25 Feb 2026) [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 secret ingredient in the Beef and Black Bean Chili recipe is cocoa powder, which adds deep flavor to the dish. The 'Green Jacket' is presented to the winner of The Masters Golf Tournament. The year 2013 is written in Roman numerals as MMXIII. Laurence Fox, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the British TV drama series "Lewis," was expelled from Harrow School shortly before his A-levels due to his rebellious behavior, which included smoking and fighting. Dai Greene won the gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Holy water is distinguished into four types in Roman Catholic rituals: holy water per se, baptismal holy water, Gregorian water, and Easter water. Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States on August 21, 1959. The Dave Clark Five was the first British band of the British Invasion to tour the US and made 18 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, the most of any British Invasion group. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" theme, composed by Ennio Morricone, was included on the 1966 film's soundtrack and later became a pop hit with a cover version by Hugo Montenegro in 1968. The River Trent has been used as a navigation since Roman times and serves as a vital commercial link between the Midlands and the Humber Estuary. 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

    7 Min.
  4. VOR 3 TAGEN

    Commemoration Monument; Unification Day; Pioneering Deployment; Trailblazer; Exile; Birthplace: Bloomsbury; Enduring Service; Impactful outreach; Cuboid Stability; Realistic Espionage

    Daily Facts (24 Feb 2026) [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 Albert Memorial, commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband Prince Albert, was designed in the Gothic Revival style and took over ten years to complete, costing £120,000 (equivalent to about £10,000,000 in 2010). Italy became a nation on 17 March 1861, uniting various states under King Victor Emmanuel II. The NSW contingent's deployment to Sudan in 1885 marked the first time that soldiers from a self-governing Australian colony fought in an imperial war. Dwayne Johnson was the first third-generation superstar in WWE history. Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892 and fled the country with his family at the age of three due to his father's accusation of being a British spy amid the Boer War. Catherine Tate was born as Catherine Ford on May 12, 1968, in Bloomsbury, London, England. The Sunderland ferry, established by an Act of Parliament in 1710, operated continuously for almost 250 years until its closure in 1957. DFID nutrition interventions in Zambia have reached over 1.9 million children under 5 years old. The cuboid bone is one of the seven tarsal bones in the foot and is uniquely cube-shaped, providing stability and connecting the foot to the ankle. Len Deighton’s debut novel, The Ipcress File, introduced a working-class hero and a low-key, realistic portrayal of espionage, contrasting sharply with the glamorous depiction of spies in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. 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

    7 Min.
  5. VOR 4 TAGEN

    London-centric; Neurological association; Pioneering Spacewalk; Timeless Tool; Renaming; Spirograph Invention; Diminutive Planet; Divine protection.; Pitch-abandonment; Prestigious Venue

    Daily Facts (23 Feb 2026) [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: Samuel Johnson believed that a truly intellectual man would never want to leave London, equating weariness of the city with weariness of life itself. Encephalitis lethargica is associated with conditions like akinetic mutism. In March 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history, floating outside his Voskhod 2 capsule for 10 minutes while facing life-threatening challenges to reenter the spacecraft. The E6B circular slide rule, created in the 1930s for aircraft pilots, is still in daily use around the world for tasks like converting time, distance, speed, and temperature values. Calcutta officially changed its name to Kolkata on August 24, coinciding with the city's 390th birthday, as part of a trend among Indian cities to remove colonial influences from their names. Spirograph was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold in 1965. Pluto is so small that it is outsize by 7 of the solar system's moons, and its equatorial radius is only 1,151 km. Daniel was thrown into a lions' den for praying to God, but he was unharmed because God sent an angel to shut the mouths of the lions. The second Test match between England and the West Indies in Antigua was abandoned after just ten balls due to the pitch being deemed too sandy, marking a rare instance of play being halted so quickly in Test cricket history. UCLan's multi-million pound sports facilities served as a training venue for the Olympic Games and last year’s RFL world cup. 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

    7 Min.
  6. VOR 5 TAGEN

    Sympathetic Pregnancy; CPR Inspiration; Vastness; Corgi-lineage; Hiroshima Bombing; Bullfighting Ban; Woman-husband; Self-identity; Record-breaking; Pottery Hub

    Daily Facts (22 Feb 2026) [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: Couvade syndrome, or sympathetic pregnancy, affects between 10 to 65 percent of men whose partners are pregnant, causing them to experience symptoms like nausea, dizziness, and cravings. The chorus "Annie, are you okay?" from Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" is inspired by his CPR training on the Resusci Anne manikin. At 17,075,400 square kilometres, Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. The Queen’s current corgis, Holly and Willow, are the 14th-generation descendants of her first corgi, Susan, who was given to her on her 18th birthday. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing or injuring at least 140,000 people on August 6, 1945. Catalonia became the second region in Spain to ban bullfighting, with the ban taking effect on January 1, 2012, following a final event on September 25, 2011. The cattle herding Nuer tribe of southern Sudan allows a woman who cannot have children to marry another woman as a "husband" who is then impregnated by a secret boyfriend, making the barren woman the socially recognized father. Pocoyo's name is a combination of the Spanish words "poco" (little) and "yo" (me), meaning "Little me." Lucian Freud's painting "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" is predicted to sell for between £12.7m and £17.7m, potentially making it the most expensive painting by a living artist sold at auction. Hanley was an important manufacturer of china and earthenware from the 18th century onwards. 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

    7 Min.
  7. VOR 6 TAGEN

    Papal Resignation; Timeless; Name origin.; Domestic extremism; Pivotal Encounter; Insular Consumption; Exploitation sport.; Whiskey Boom; Jubilee Beacons; Breakthrough Success

    Daily Facts (21 Feb 2026) [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: It is extremely rare for a pope to resign; the last time before Benedict XVI was in 1415. "Degrassi" has been reinventing itself for multiple generations since its launch in 1979, tackling contemporary issues affecting teens for 37 years. Christ was originally named "Yehoshua" and was never called "Jesus" during his earthly life. During the years 2002 through 2005, 23 of the 24 recorded terrorist incidents in the United States were perpetrated by domestic terrorists, primarily from animal rights and environmental movements. The Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642 was the first important battle of the English Civil War and marked Charles I's best chance for victory. Swiss wine consumers drink 98% of their own wine and import two-thirds of what they consume, resulting in very little Swiss wine being exported. Calvin Candie participates in a blood sport known as Mandingo fighting, where he forces male slaves to fight to the death for money. American whiskey and bourbon have become an $8 billion global industry, marking a significant resurgence in popularity. Thousands of beacons will be lit around the world on June 4, 2012, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign. Shaun Cassidy's single "Da Doo Ron Ron" hit No. 1 in the U.S. and earned him a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. 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

    7 Min.
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    Military Service; Historic Victory; Pioneering Orchestra; Transition Overseer; Forced labor; Controversial Celebrity; Awakening; Oddle Poddle; Altruism; Protective structures

    Daily Facts (20 Feb 2026) [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: James Blunt served as an officer in the Life Guards, a reconnaissance regiment of the British Army, and was deployed under NATO in Kosovo during the conflict in 1999. Justin Rose became the first Englishman to win the US Open Championship since Tony Jacklin in 1970. The Hallé Orchestra, founded in 1857, is Britain's first fully professional symphony orchestra. Lord Patten of Barnes, the new Chairman of the BBC Trust, was previously the Governor of Hong Kong, overseeing its return to China in 1997. The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, was constructed with the labor of tens of thousands of Jews who were brought to Rome as prisoners after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Katrina Amy Alexis Infield, also known as Jordan, was ranked #2 in a list of the "100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate" voted by viewers of Channel 4 in 2003. Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," published in 1962, did more than any other single publication to alert the world to the hazards of environmental poisoning and inspired a powerful social movement that altered the course of American history. The Flower Pot Men, a British children's television program first broadcast in 1952, featured characters Bill and Ben who spoke their own unique language called Oddle Poddle, invented by one of the show's voice actors. Despite designing the majority of St. Peter's Basilica, the 71-year-old Michelangelo refused to be paid for his work on the church. Sepals are the usually green leaflike structures that compose the outermost part of a flower, forming the calyx which surrounds and protects the flower bud. 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

    7 Min.

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Want to get smarter in less than 10 minutes? Then check the Daily Facts podcast that brings you interesting and surprising facts from around the world every day! Did you know that the longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted for 13 seconds? Or that there's a species of jellyfish that can essentially live forever? With the Daily Facts podcast, you'll learn something new and fascinating with every episode. Tune in daily and impress your friends with your newfound knowledge. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform. Hosted by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones.

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