Today's facts: Caribou-Dominance; Jawpower; Origin: Minnetonka; Banana Debut; Locusts' Extinction; Buoyancy endurance; Calming Effect; Eyelashless Cats; Pioneering Ad; Silk-length

Daily Facts (13 Sep 2025)
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Today's facts:
The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people
On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth
The name "Tonka" trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means "great" in Sioux
The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each
In July 1874, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. It is estimated that the swarm contained about 12.5 trillion insects. These insects became extinct thirty years later
Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours
Passion fruits have a tranquilizing effect on the body
The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes
The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long
The average cocoon contains about 300-400 metres of silk
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Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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