Today's facts: Kanreki Ceremony; Unity.; Threshold Fever; Persistence; Gum-consumption; Hydration Dominance; Melanin-loss; Carrot-dye; Serpent-surprise; Orbital-Speed

Daily Facts (01 Oct 2025)
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Today's facts:
In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult
The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship
Brain damage will only occur if a fever goes above 107.6 degrees farenheit
The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the "water displacing" substance
An American chews an average of 300 sticks of gum in a year
Over 80% of the brain is water
The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing "melanin" which gives the hair colour
To make butter more attractive in colour, carrot juice was used by people in the Middle Ages
A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes
The Earth orbits the Sun at a speed of about 108,000 km per hour
Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas.
Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts.
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