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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A drop of water spends approx 3000 years in the ocean before being evaporated into air
Giraffes cannot swim
A leech only needs to feed once every 5 years if kept at 4 degrees
In Japan, you receive a silver sake cup on your 100th birthday
That 56k Dial up sound was the internet and your ISP agreeing to work together
In 2013, a lady named Maria was the first person to cycle to the South Pole
The odd night time behaviour in cats and dogs is very normal and is called FRAPS
The origins of the phrase 'Close, but no cigar'
A potato chip laxative went out to market in 1998
Why the dessert is spelt S-U-N-D-A-E
That crack in your cats fang is actually a blood groove
If you minced the human population, we would only fill a 1km sphere
When collars were first invented they were removable
UVB boosts attraction and libido
A British surgeon burnt his initials into a patients liver
The western fence lizard does pushups to attract a mate
Unmarried couples stopped hanky panky in the olden days with a wooden blocker board
Only two cities in the world have hosted the Commonwealth games more than once.
The story of how WW2 gave us Sprite
The origin story of the 'backpack'
A survivor of the Titanic found living next to a stadium too traumatic
Trains always have a box of sand on board for rainy days
The country that produces the most bagpipes in the world is Pakistan
The warty comb jellyfish has a transient anus
The Brits are literally melting in this heatwave