Fact Of The Day

The podcast where you learn something new every day!

From facts about everything from the giant cows that once roamed Europe, music that was made for plants, to the process of becoming a butterfly, and why we call it the Milky Way. It's new fun and funny facts every weekday. ZM's got you covered.

New episodes out every weekday.

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Spraypaint was invented in 1949 based on WW2 mosquito killing technology
Things are painted at Disneyland called 'go-away green'
In the 1960's 'anti-climb' paint was developed
15 minutes of shivering cold with burn as much fat as 1 hour of working out
Sloths can hold their breaths underwater twice as long as a dolphin
A society in the 60's believed any animal longer than 6 inches should be clothed at all times
Why we use '60' seconds, minutes and 24 hours in a day to measure time
The difference between initialism and an acronym
ASICS is a Japanese company that is a latin acronym.
If every human jumped in the ocean, it would barely raise the water level
Tapping tongs before use isn't just a funny meme, you're calibrating your brain
In 1993 Mattel unknowlingly released a gay Ken doll
31% of burns at the Burns Center in Chicago was as a result of instant noodles
Without tuberculosis we may never have got the cowboy hat
Scientists cannot prove that fire exists anywhere else in the universe
Hitlers fathers name was Schicklgruber before he changed it
Instead of 'once upon a time' Koreans say 'back when tigers used to smoke tobacco'
There is an opposite of 'copyright' and it's called 'copyleft'
Good Friday factoid megamix!
A man challenged an ostrich to a spaghetti eating competition and won
The hottest man-made temperature was 250,000x hotter than the centre of the Sun
Whales breastmilk has the consistency of toothpaste
Gordon Ramsays tongue is insured for 10 MILLION dollars
The French don't use speech marks, they use arrows
The first time celiac disease was in the Dutch famine during WW2