The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930 (+ 9 more facts)

Daily Facts

Daily Facts (12 Oct 2024)

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Today's facts:

• The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest
• The first known American novelist to hand in a manuscript that was typed was Mark Twain. His typewriter was a Remington No.1, which was invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.
• In February 1878, the first telephone book was published in New Haven, Connecticut. The book was one page long and had fifty names in it.
• In one day, a queen bee can lay up to 1500 eggs in one day
• The word "diamond" comes from the Greek word "adamas," which means "unconquerable."
• Dustin Phillips of the U.S. has the record for ketchup drinking. He drank a 14-ounce bottle of tomato ketchup through a ? inch straw in 33 seconds on September 23, 1999
• The Snickers chocolate bar was invented in 1930
• The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.
• Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920
• When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly

Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.

Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.

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