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• Today's facts: Stonewalling; Unification Catalyst; Investiture Ceremony; Lut Heat; Scandalous Marriage; Impressionism Pioneer; Rationalism.; Turnaround Success; Damselfly Diversity; Widespread popularity

  Daily Facts (17 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 silent treatment is considered one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse in relationships, indicating its destructive impact on communication and connection. Alexander the Great used novel tactics and new kinds of armed forces to conquer the Persian Empire, transforming the Mediterranean into a more unified world of economic and cultural exchange. Prince Charles was formally invested as Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle in 1969. The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, 70.7 degrees Celsius (159.3 degrees Fahrenheit), was measured in the Lut Desert in Iran by a NASA satellite in 2005. Queen Caroline of Brunswick became nearly as well known for her promiscuity as her husband, King George IV, highlighting a scandalous marriage that brought Britain to the brink of revolution. Claude Debussy is recognized as the creator of impressionism in music. The Enlightenment is characterized by a belief in the potential of human reason to solve societal problems through education and scientific progress, marking a shift from centuries of perceived darkness and ignorance. Tata Group bought Jaguar Land Rover in 2008 during the global financial crisis, but managed to turn the company around within three years, achieving a profit of £1.1 billion in 2011, equivalent to the amount paid for the acquisition. There are about 2,838 named species of damselflies worldwide, with an estimated 500 to 1,500 species that are still unnamed. Netball is reportedly played by over 20 million people in more than 70 countries. 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: Ranked Eighth; Pioneer; Forfeiture Occurrence; Misnomer.; Linecasting Innovation; Legendary Actor; Upset Victory; Castration Myth; Turning point; Bigamy Scandal

  Daily Facts (16 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: Pittsburgh International Airport is ranked 8th out of the 10 best airports in the U.S. by Conde Nast Travelers: Readers' Choice Awards. The first composer to write music for the glockenspiel in an orchestra was Georg Friedrich Handel, who included it in his oratorio Saul in 1738. Fred Goodwin is the 35th person to have forfeited an honour since 1995. Dresden china, despite its name, was actually produced in Meissen, not Dresden. The Linotype machine, originally designed for newspaper operations, cast whole lines of type at once, requiring the resetting and recasting of entire lines for typographic corrections. Al Pacino is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, Tony-, BAFTA-, Emmy- and SAG award-winning actor, widely considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time. Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota in 1998 by a margin of 3 percentage points over the second-place candidate, despite being a former professional wrestler with no prior political experience. Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus, leading to the birth of various mythological beings, including Aphrodite. The Battle of Naseby, fought on June 14, 1645, resulted in approximately 1,000 Royalist casualties and 5,000 captured, marking a turning point in the English Civil War. Rudolph Valentino was jailed on charges of bigamy after marrying Natacha Rambova while his divorce from his first wife, Jean Acker, had not been finalized. 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: 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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