Daily Facts

Daily Facts (24 Jan 2026) [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 average velocity of an object is calculated as the total displacement divided by the total time, which can result in an average velocity of zero if the object returns to its starting point, despite having traveled a distance. Bounderby, who claims to be a self-made man abandoned in the gutter by his mother, is ultimately revealed to be the son of a wealthy woman...

Daily Facts (23 Jan 2026) [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 phrase "Beat Generation" was coined by Jack Kerouac when he said, "So I guess you might say we're a beat generation" in a conversation with John Clellon Holmes. Lacrosse was declared Canada's national summer sport in 1994, while hockey was named the national winter sport. Our Mutual Friend was the fourteenth and last completed novel of Charles Dickens, published in monthly installments from May 1864 to...

Daily Facts (22 Jan 2026) [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 photograph "Rhein II" by Andreas Gursky sold for $4,338,500 in November 2011, making it the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. The Taiping Rebellion is considered the bloodiest civil war in history, with an estimated death toll of between 20 and 30 million people. The Beau Sancy diamond, weighing 34.98 carats, has been passed down through four royal families and has witnessed over 400 years of European history. The 1998...

Daily Facts (21 Jan 2026) [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 French word "tapenade" comes from the Provençal term for caper buds, "tapeno," which historically were preserved in olive oil and transformed into a pungent mush for use in the dip. Edgar Lungu won the presidency of Zambia by the narrowest margin in the country's electoral history, defeating Hakainde Hichilema by just 27,000 votes. The Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park drains an area o...

Daily Facts (20 Jan 2026) [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: Henry VIII was named "Defender of the Faith" by the Pope before he declared himself head of the Church of England to facilitate his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Leprechauns are traditionally depicted in Irish folklore as cobblers and shoemakers, known for their craftsmanship and accumulating wealth, which they are said to bury in pots of gold at the end of a rainbow. The island...

Daily Facts (19 Jan 2026) [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: At the age of 14, Mozart flawlessly transcribed Allegri’s Miserere from memory after hearing it just once, a piece that was famously guarded and rarely shared outside the Sistine Chapel. Rafael Nadal won all 21 sets on his way to his fifth French Open championship in 2010. Sebastian Vettel won the 2013 Formula One World Championship, marking his fourth consecutive title. The famous orchestral Intermezzo in Mascagni's opera "Ca...

Daily Facts (18 Jan 2026) [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: Dachshund literally means "badger dog," as they were originally developed in Germany to hunt and exterminate badgers. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a bomb during an election campaign stop, which resulted in at least a dozen other fatalities and led to widespread violence and the postponement of the national parliamentary elections in India. Christopher Isherwood's book "Christopher and His Kind" made him...

Daily Facts (17 Jan 2026) [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: "Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Goode' was a US Top Ten hit in 1958 and became a defining moment in early rock and roll." The 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal are noted as the most expensive Games ever organized to date, leaving the city in debt long after the event concluded. The 1934 "More Dick and Jane Stories" is the only Second Pre-Primer ever created for the Dick and...

Daily Facts (16 Jan 2026) [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 tragic plane crash on February 3, 1959, resulted in the deaths of three rock 'n' roll stars: Buddy Holly, J P ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, marking the day as “The Day the Music Died.” Natural Law maintains that certain moral laws transcend time, culture, and government, forming universal standards applicable to all mankind. The uveal layer of the eye is the most common place fo...

Daily Facts (15 Jan 2026) [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: Christine Lagarde has been accused of "negligence by a person in a position of public authority" over a €400 million payout to a controversial tycoon while she was France's finance minister. Bradford had a population of 13,064 in the early 1820s. Portugal enjoys an average of more than 300 sunny days a year, making its winter season feel more like spring. Developers are planning to build ultra-luxury condo to...

Daily Facts (14 Jan 2026) [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: Germany's highest mountain is the Zugspitze, which reaches an elevation of 9,718 feet (2,962 meters). The Guianas represent the most intact rainforest on the planet, encompassing one of the highest biodiversity regions in the world. The world famous Glasgow Willow Tea Rooms were designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904. Today, Gaborone is a continually-growing city that is home to over 400,000 people, compared to being a dusty one-horse...

Daily Facts (13 Jan 2026) [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: Hydrocodone-acetaminophen may cause very serious side effects, including slow or shallow breathing, and is not recommended for children younger than 6 years. There are only five living monotreme species: the duck-billed platypus and four species of echidna, all of which are found only in Australia and New Guinea. A catalyst is a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. Shakespeare explores...

Daily Facts (12 Jan 2026) [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: Fotheringhay is notable for being the site where Mary, Queen of Scots, was tried and beheaded in 1587. The oldest evidence of Europeans in North America is a thousand year old settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, built by the Vikings. The story features a serial killer targeting adolescent boys, with the first three victims being black or of mixed racial heritage, but the investigation intensifies...

Daily Facts (12 Jan 2026) [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: Dame Stella Rimington was the first female head of MI5 and the first to be named and photographed. Alfonso Ribeiro was announced as the new host of America's Funniest Home Videos, taking over from Tom Bergeron for the show's 26th season. Schism is regarded by the Church as a most serious fault, punished with excommunication and loss of ordinary jurisdiction, akin to the penalties inflicted...

Daily Facts (12 Jan 2026) [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: Michael Hutchence's daughter, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence, was born in 1996 and was named after a collaborative decision between her parents, with the name "Heavenly" chosen by her sister Pixie, "Hiraani" by Michael, and "Tiger Lily" by Paula Yates. The phrase "ad astra per alas porci," meaning "to the stars on the wings of a pig," was a favorite saying of author John Steinbeck, who...

Daily Facts (12 Jan 2026) [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: Cargo theft in Mexico is estimated at more than 5,000 incidents per year, with a 14 percent increase reported between 2012 and 2013. Jim Hacker, the character from "Yes Minister," is portrayed as a kind-hearted yet bumbling politician who often claims others' ideas as his own to win political battles. Leeza Gibbons won season 7 of "The Celebrity Apprentice," raising money for Care Connection, which provides resources for families caring...

Daily Facts (12 Jan 2026) [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: Most of an atom’s mass is concentrated in its nucleus, which is about 10^-5 angstroms in radius compared to the overall size of the atom, which is around 1 to 2.5 angstroms. Amphitrite was one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris, and the wife of Poseidon, with whom she had a son named Triton, a merman. Alice in Wonderland was originally released by Wa...

Daily Facts (30 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 1983 2p coin with 'New Pence' on the reverse is extremely rare, with the odds of finding one being over 1 in 14,000,000 due to all 1983 coins being issued only in special sets and not for general circulation. Duke Kahanamoku is generally regarded as having introduced surfboarding to the West around 1912. After severe flooding in Tbilisi, Georgia, dangerous animals including lions, tigers, and a hippopotamus escaped from...

Daily Facts (29 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: Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to have a TV run for three hours. Dorothy Squires was the highest paid female singer in the UK after working on the BBC radio show Variety Bandbox in the immediate post-war period. Jim Jefferies first achieved international popularity after being attacked onstage while performing at the Manchester Comedy Store. The effective date of...

Daily Facts (28 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 octagonal dome of Florence Cathedral was constructed without using a temporary wooden supporting frame, making it higher and wider than any previously built dome. Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess, deriving its name from Old English and Germanic words meaning “ground.” Woody Allen expressed a desire to avoid being present at the moment of his own death. The...