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Fun Facts Daily

Start your day smarter with Fun Facts Daily. Every episode explores a different topic giving you a quick and easy way to enjoy learning something new every weekday! Fun Facts Daily cuts through the noise of the world to deliver positive, uplifting, and fascinating trivia about art, biographies, geography, history, pop culture, science and anything else that might pique your curiosity. Get your daily dose of knowledge with a word of the day, five fun facts to blow your mind as well as practical tips

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13:58

Fun Facts About Koalas

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/10/02

The koala is one of Australia's most iconic marsupials. Learn how these animals survive on a highly specialized diet of eucalyptus leaves, which are toxic to most other creatures. This low-energy food source means koalas must conserve energy by sleeping up to 20 hours a day. Learn about their unique life cycle, starting as a tiny, jellybean-sized "joey" that completes its development in its mother's pouch, and the surprising reason the name "koala" is thought to mean "no drink."Despite their

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13:27

Fun Facts About Saturn

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/10/01

Saturn is the least dense planet in our solar system; made mostly of hydrogen and helium, it's less dense than water and would float in a large enough pool. The planet is also known for its extreme weather, including a massive, stable hexagon-shaped storm at its north pole with sides wider than the diameter of Earth. Saturn's winds are some of the fastest in the solar system, reaching speeds of 1,800 km/h. While a day on Saturn is very short (under 11 hours), its year is incredibly long, taking

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13:12

Fun Facts About Cake

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/30

Let them learn about cake! German Chocolate Cake is not from Germany, but an American invention named after baker Samuel German. Learn how carrot cake gained worldwide popularity due to sugar rationing during World War II, and how the original Red Velvet Cake got its distinct color from a chemical reaction between cocoa and vinegar, not red dye. The classic Pound Cake earned its name from its straightforward original recipe: one pound each of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. Even the grand tiered

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12:53

Fun Facts About The Great Wall of China

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/29

Enjoy the rich history and surprising facts about the Great Wall of China, a monumental structure that is more than just a single wall. It's a vast network of fortifications, watchtowers, and barracks built by various dynasties over two millennia. The most well-preserved sections, built during the Ming Dynasty, feature incredible engineering, including a unique mortar strengthened with sticky rice for superior durability. This ancient wonder served not only as a defensive barrier but also as a vital

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13:32

Fun Facts About Drums

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/26

The oldest known drums were made from alligator skins in China and date back to 5500 BCE. In West Africa, special hourglass-shaped instruments known as "talking drums" can mimic the tones of human speech and were historically used for long-distance communication. A foundational concept in drumming is the rudiment, which is a basic pattern that forms the building blocks of more complex rhythms. There are 40 official rudiments recognized by the Percussive Arts Society.In pop culture, The Beatles'

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15:20

Fun Facts About TV

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/25

You know you want to learn about television through an audio podcast, so give this one a listen! Learn about the technology that revolutionized the entertainment industry in the 20th century. Learn about the first TV remote control, which was actually wired to the set, and how the remote evolved using different signals to change the channels. Learn how television screens create the illusion of movement by playing back a series of images very quickly, and how they create millions of colors on the

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15:09

Fun Facts About Art in Unexpected Locations

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/24

Art is a big part of how people express themselves and come to understand the world around them. From the bottom of the ocean all the way to the Moon, people have put art everywhere you could imagine. In this episode we are looking at art in some unexpected locations. Explore the history of "dazzle camouflage," a wild art form painted on WWI warships not to hide them, but to confuse enemy torpedo operators about their speed and direction. Learn about Fallen Astronaut, a small memorial on the Moon

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13:25

Fun Facts About Cats

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/23

Cats have been living with and even working for people for thousands of years. Learn some fascinating facts about our feline friends. For example, a cat's purr at a specific frequency, between 25 and 150 Hz, may possess therapeutic properties that promote healing in bones and tissues for both the cat and its human companions. Journey into space with Félicette, the first and only cat to travel to space and return safely, and learn about her crucial 1963 mission for the French space program. Uncover

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12:40

Fun Facts About Tokyo, Japan

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/22

Explore the fascinating city of Tokyo, Japan, a metropolis where ancient tradition and futuristic innovation collide. Our word of the day is ikigai, or finding one's "reason for being," a philosophy with roots stretching back to the Heian period. Learn when and why the city got the name Tokyo which means "Eastern Capital." The city is the world's culinary king, boasting more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other. Learn about everything from a family business stretching back 1400 years, to its

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13:59

Fun Facts About Soccer

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/19

Explore the fascinating history and incredible facts behind the world's most popular sport: soccer, or as most of the world calls it, football. Discover the surprising English origins of the word "soccer" and learn the meaning behind the skillful, cheeky move known as a "nutmeg." The journey through soccer history includes the story of the very first international match between Scotland and England in 1872, which ended in a 0-0 draw, and learn about the highest-scoring match in history, a 149-0

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14:12

Fun Facts About Jupiter

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/18

Discover key facts about Jupiter, the largest gas giant in our solar system. This planet is so immense that all other planets in the solar system could fit inside it, and its mass is 2.5 times greater than all other planets combined. This massive size results in a powerful gravitational pull that acts as a protective shield for Earth, deflecting comets and asteroids. Jupiter is home to the Great Red Spot, a persistent storm larger than Earth itself, with winds reaching up to 400 miles per hour. The

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12:43

Fun Facts About Bananas

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/17

Explore the fascinating world of the banana, a fruit with a surprisingly complex identity. Botanically, the familiar yellow fruit is considered a berry and it grows on the world's largest herb, not a tree. The common Cavendish banana is a product of parthenocarpy, meaning it develops without seeds, which is why every plant is a genetic clone grown from a cutting. This lack of genetic diversity makes it vulnerable to fungus or disease. There are over 1,000 other banana varieties grown globally,

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11:54

Fun Facts About Dolly Parton

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/16

Dolly Parton is a national treasure. Over the decades she has become a cultural icon celebrated as much for her boundless generosity as for her chart-topping music. Discover incredible true stories behind her career, including the monumental day in 1972 when she composed two of her most iconic and vastly different hits, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You," in a single session. Learn about Dollywood, her Tennessee theme park that has become the state's largest ticketed attraction and a major

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12:49

Fun Facts About Castles

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/15

Explore the brilliant and brutal defensive architecture, from the cleverly designed clockwise spiral staircases that gave right-handed swordsmen an advantage, to the aptly named "machicolations" used to drop projectiles on attackers below. Discover why Wales has more castles per square mile than any other country in Europe—a legacy of conquest and control left by English kings. Journey to the Czech Republic to learn about Prague Castle, the largest ancient castle complex in the world, and contrast

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14:55

100th Episode! Fun Facts About 100

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/12

Celebrate the 100th episode of Fun Facts Daily with a collection of facts related to the number 100. Discover the surprising history and significance of the number one hundred. This milestone number is the foundation of the Celsius temperature scale, the globally accepted system for measuring temperature, which sets the freezing and boiling points of water one hundred degrees apart. The Karman Line, is the internationally recognized boundary 100 kilometers above Earth that marks the beginning of

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16:56

Fun Facts About Your Eyes

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/11

Discover the astonishing capabilities of the human eye and the powerful brain that processes what we see. Learn how the world is projected upside-down onto our retinas and how the brain's visual cortex flawlessly flips the image right-side up. The eye's perception of color is made possible by three types of cone cells, which allow the brain to distinguish between an incredible 10 million different hues. Delve into fascinating biological quirks, such as the natural blind spot in each eye that our

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12:45

Fun Facts About Mice

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/10

Learn some fun facts about the common house mouse, a creature far more complex and capable than you might imagine. Discover the science behind their vibrissae, or whiskers, which act as a sophisticated, built-in radar system for navigating in complete darkness. Learn about the mouse's astounding physical prowess, including their ability to squeeze through an opening the size of a dime thanks to a uniquely flexible skeleton, and leap over a foot into the air. Delve into their hidden social lives and

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15:38

Fun Facts About the Cello

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/09

Explore the rich history and fascinating science of the cello, from its surprising origins to the intricate details of its sound. Delve into the acoustics of this beloved string instrument to understand the "wolf tone," a complex resonance that luthiers and musicians have worked to tame for centuries. Learn about key innovations that shaped the modern cello, such as the endpin, a revolutionary addition by 19th-century virtuoso Adrien-François Servais that transformed playing posture and technique

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13:13

Fun Facts About the Grand Canyon

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/08

Explore one of the world's most spectacular natural wonders, the Grand Canyon. Uncover the secrets of its formation through the science of geomorphology, learning how the Colorado River carved this geological masterpiece over the last five to six million years. While the canyon itself is relatively young, it exposes some of the planet's most ancient rocks, with layers at the bottom dating back an astonishing 1.8 billion years. The canyon is a unique ecosystem and a cultural landmark. Discover the

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13:29

Fun Facts About Dolphins

Fun Facts Daily ·

2025/09/05

The first Friday of every month, is a Family Fun Friday where my kids co-host and share a topic my family has found interesting and hopefully yours will too. This week, we're diving into the brilliant and complex world of dolphins, some of the ocean's most intelligent creatures. The largest member of the dolphin family is actually the orca (dolphins are whales in the suborder of odontoceti or toothed whales and the orca is a part of the dolphin family), or killer whale, a powerful apex predator that

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