10 Facts About Today

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10 Fact About Today is a podcast that helps make your commute to work a little less boring and helps you learn something new and relevant each day. Join as we discuss everything from the origin of Oreos to the inventor of Barbie.

  1. 04/08/2025

    #40 - Norah | April 8, 2025

    This episode is all about Norah!

    9 min

  2. 05/05/2020

    #39 - Denim - Mini Episode | April 29, 2020

    The word Jeans comes from ItalyTown in Italy named GenesMost common type of jeans are indigo dyed jeans Blue on outsideWhite on inside Jeans got popular because of the gold rushThousands of migrants went west looking for gold Denim jeans were strong, rugged, durable, and able to withstand the harsh conditions of gold prospecting.You Shouldn’t Wash Jeans After Each Usemost experts advise against such frequent washing.Recommend spot cleaning a washing after 2-3 wears. Jeans that aren’t blue are probably dyed with sulfur. black, red, pink, purple, grey, mustard and green.More time consuming and usually more expensive.  Dry Denim is Made of 100% Cottonpeople assume that denim is a unique fabricactually a manufactured form of cotton.Cotton isn’t strong but once it’s turned into denim it’s soft and strong. Stretchy jeans only have 3% spandex. Little bit makes them 10-15% more stretchy Raw Denim is denim that hasn’t been washedThat’s really the only differenceOther denim is washed during productionSome people like it because it lets the material look more lived-inThe first Jeans were called “XX”They were made after the denim they were made fromEventually they changed the name to 501 which was the lot number they were inTHat was by Jacob davis and Levi StraussThe original Levis headquarters was destroyedThe 1906 San Francisco EarthquakeIt also destroyed 2 factoriesIt cause a fire that destroyed most of its early company records

    9 min

  3. 05/05/2020

    #38 - Superheroes - Mini Episode | April 28, 2020

    The Hulk was originally GreyGreen looked better in print so they switched his colorBruce Wayne has an IQ of 193Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein both had 160Superman doesn’t have an “S” on his chestIts actually his family crestIts the symbol for The House of El (L)Its just a coincidence that it looks like an ‘S’Joker was supposed to die after his second appearanceThe comics editor pushed to save himShe saw Joker as a perfect arch-nemesis for batmanGood thing she saved himWe could have missed out on Jarred LetoOne of Thor’s powers is “All-Tongue”He has the ability to speak to anyone and have them understand himNo language barriers for the Son of OdonSuperman was supposed to be bald characterSuperman was supposed to be a bad guyObsessed with world dominationSuperman is a vegetarianThey writers only started thinking about this in 2005Since he’s so aware of when a life aura endsMarvel has a superhero whose only power is being immortalMr. ImmortalHes like kenny from south parkHe tries to end his life but cantNo other super powers, so hes not like deadpool or wolverineMichael Jackson almost bought MarvelHe did that because he wanted to play Spiderman in a movieLuckily we got Tom Holland

    9 min

  4. 05/05/2020

    #37 - Babe Ruth | April 27, 2020

    His real name was George Herman RuthHe’s the only person in professional baseball history to have the last name “Ruth”No one knows exactly when he was bornHe didn’t really know eitherHe thought it was Feb 7th, 1894Now its accepted as Feb 6th, 1895What his family thinks is his birth certificate says 1894 but its for an unnamed male in his familyHis parents lost 6 kids in infancy and no one is sure which birth certificate is actually hisHe started chewing and drinking before 8 years oldHe tried chewing tobacco and whiskey really youngHe ended up going to a cathlic reform school where the nuns said he was “incorrigible”He got the nickname “Babe” his first year playing baseball in the International LeagueNo one knows who gave it to himNo one called him Babe before thatSoon after he went to the Red SoxWhen he was presumed to be 19 he married a 16 year oldHe met her his first day in BostonShe worked at a local coffee shopHe was a star left-handed pitcher for the Red SoxNow he’s obviously more known for being one of the best sluggers on the YankeesIn the 6 years he was with the Red Sox, they won 3 world seriesWhen he was traded to New York it started a long streak of loses in the World Series for the Red SoxIts known as the curse of BambinoIn 1919 he hit 29 home runs, which set the new “single-season home run” recordHe beat the record again in 1920 and then 1921 againIn 1919 only five teams hit more home runs than Ruth did by himselfWith the exception of the RedSoxThe company that made the Babe Ruth Candy bar claim that its not named after the baseball playerThe Curtiss Candy Company officially claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, RuthPeople think that their claim is just a way to get around legal issues

    16 min

  5. 04/24/2020

    #36 - Arbor Day | April 24, 2020

    Here are 10 tree-riffic facts about trees that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know: Some states celebrate arbor day on a different dateThey do that because the last friday in April isnt an ideal time to plant everywhereHawaii celebrates the first friday of NovemberAlaska celebrates the third monday in May In 2019 2 youtuber teamed up and got 20,000,000 trees plantedMr. Beast and Mark RoberMr. Beast posts random videos of himself giving away money, houses, and carsSometimes as prizes for weird competitionsSometimes just becauseHe gives away 10’s and 100’s of thousands in almost every videoMark Rober does science experiments the occasional prank and sometimes bothHe will test interesting theories, like “will people return a lost wallet”Why do pools smell like chlorine (its because of pee)And he even made a glitter bomb that pranked package thievesYou can still donate and plant more trees at teamtrees.orgThey are up to almost 22,000,000 as of today Global forests remove about ⅓ of fossil fuels from the atmosphereThese numbers come from tests done between 1990 and 2007Probably much less now since all the deforestation and wild fires going on One large tree can provide enough oxygen for 4 humansThats dailyThats crazyTrees help reduce the effects of climate changeThey store and convert carbon dioxide into oxygenIn a year an acre of trees offsets about 26,000 miles driven in an average carThat's about 2 average driver’s worth of carbon dioxide thats offset The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872, in Nebraska. More than 1 Million Trees planted.Since then, the foundation has planted at least 250 million new trees.There are about three trillion trees on Earth? About 422 trees for every 1 person. There are two main types of trees, Deciduous and Evergreen.Deciduous trees include maple trees, elm trees, oak treesEvergreen trees have small needles America’s national tree is the Oak tree. 750 species of tree present in the US.100,000 tree types in the world Staring at trees helps reduce stress. Visual exposure to settings with trees have been found to produce significant recovery from stress within five minutes. indicated by changes in blood pressure and muscle tension.

    23 min

  6. 04/23/2020

    #35 - Books | April 23, 2020

    Here are 10 page-turning facts about books that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know: Lord of the Ring author, J.R.R Tolkien typed the whole trilogy with just two fingers!ExhaustingOver 1200 PagesOnly way he knew how to type “Old book smell” is produced by the breakdown of two chemical components in paper, cellulose and lignin.   byproducts of this process produce pleasant and familiar scentsVanilla, Flowers, AlmondsIt can even work like carbon dating and determine the age of old books In January 2017, Amazon Sold Out of Physical Copies of 1984.Book by George Orwellbiggest trending topics in the media were “fake news” and “alternative facts”inspired consumers to buy every physical copy of 1984 from Amazon, worlds largest online retailer, before the end of the month.  Books used to have curses in the beginning and end of books.Transcribing a book could take years. Most people were illiterate so it fell on Clergy. Medieval book curses involved punishments such as: being mutilated by demonic swords, the gouging of eyes, bookworms eating away at the entrails of thieves. book turn into a serpent in the hands of those who borrow and do punctually not return them.Most curses  involved excommunication There is at least 1 book at the Harvard University Library that is bound with human skin.Anthropodermic bibliopegyTitle translates to Destinies of the SoulFrom the 1880’s Winnie the Pooh and The Hobbit have something in commonThey were both written as bedtime storiesTheir respective authors wrote them to read to their children as they went to sleepThe Hobbit seems a little intense to put kids to bed The original manuscript of Of Mice and Men was destroyedIt was eaten by John Steinbeck’s puppyIt was 2 months worth of work that he had to do overHe was quoted saying "I was pretty mad, but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically."Maybe that’s why Lennie kills the puppy The Harry Potter books are the most banned books in AmericaIts said to be because of religious beliefsA bunch of Protestant, Catholic, Christians, and Muslims have argued against the booksMost of the fight comes from devout evangelical christian groups because witchcraft is dangerous for children to read aboutSome people claim that it should be banned it schools because witchcraft is a recognised religion in the US The Cat in the Hat only used 236 unique wordsWhich was surprisingly low for Dr. Seuss’ editor As a joke, his publisher bet him he couldn’t write a book with fewer wordsGreen Eggs and Ham was written as a jokeIt was purposefully written to have fewer words than the cat in the hatOne of the most repeated words is “I” which is written 84 times its tied with “not”

    24 min

  7. 04/23/2020

    #34 - Earth Day | April 22, 2020

    April 22, 2020 - 10 Facts About EarthToday is Earth Day.   The largest living thing on earth is a fungusArmillaria or honey mushroomThere is 2,200 acres of this mushroom in Oregon Earth Used to have 2 moonsIt was about 750 miles wide, so it was very smallIt eventually crashed into our current moon The Earth is overdue for a pole-flipFor the past 20 million years the poles have pretty consistently flipped every 200-300,000 yearsThey occur over hundreds or thousands of years70 percent of Earth’s freshwater is on AntarcticaIts in the ice cap90% is iceEarth’s moon gets “moonquakes”Similar to earthquakes but not as commonThey are caused by the tidal stresses associated with the varying distance between earth and the moon NASA planted a special seed to honor earth day in 2009. Called the Moon TreeApollo 14, 1971astronaut Stuart Roosa Curious whether or not exposure to the microgravity of space would impact the growth of these seeds.  A single popular song can consume more electricity than entire countries. Remember, “Despacito”Streamed more than 4.6 billion times worldwide“used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic,”According to the EPA, the first Earth Day in 1970 inspired the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts. Twenty of the warmest years on record worldwide have occurred in the past 22 years. Using a dishwasher is more eco-friendly than hand-washing dishes, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan.

    19 min

  8. 04/22/2020

    #33 - Kindergarten | April 21, 2020

    April 21, 2020 - 10 Facts About Kindergarten  Today is National Kindergarten Day.  In this episode we learned:   Kindergarten means Garden of ChildrenThe first Kindergarten in the US opened in 1856One of the first Kindergarten schools was a “Play and Activity” InstituteHere are 10 educational facts about Kindergarten that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:  Kindergarten dates way back to 1779. a couple of citizens in Strasbourg provide learning and enrichment to the young children of workers. The idea soon spread world-wide as cities and countries realized the importance of caring for the youngest members of their population.There are about 3.5 million Kindergarten students each year. Eleven of those states require districts to provide full-day kindergarten.Full Day Kindergarten is a thingKids see both academic and social-emotional gains, especially when they are in low-income districts.Ages in Kindergarten can range as much as 18 months. four to six years oldThis holds true for developmental differences too, where the developmental age range can vary between three and eight years old mentally.The behaviors of students in kindergarten has shown to indicate the learning outcomes of 1st and 2nd grade. If they aren’t doing well, this is the time to address it.  Kindergarten means Garden of ChildrenIt comes from the german words:Kinder- childrenGarten- GardenIt was coined by Friedrich FroebelBecause kids are like tiny flowers and they are varied and need care  One of the first Kindergarten schools was a “Play and Activity” InstituteIt was opened by Friedrich FroebelIt was supposed to be an experimental social experience for kids entering school The first Kindergarten in the US opened in 1856Almost 80 years after kindergarten started in EuropeIt opened in Wisconsin Kindergarten became publicly-funded in the late 1970sThis is for 96% of the USIt wasn’t until the 1980s that kindergarten became universal in the USThe main activities they teach and participate in are addition, subtraction, and recess

    23 min
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