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Daily Facts (21 Sep 2026) [Promo] The Daily Quiz Show. A new quiz every day, in under 10 minutes. Search for "Daily Quiz Show" in your podcast app. Today's facts: The Famous Five characters are allowed to roam the countryside on their own despite being aged between eleven and thirteen. "Straw Dogs is a 2011 American psychological thriller film directed, produced, and written by Rod Lurie, and is a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film." The iconic scene of Superman turning back time is from "Superman: The Movie," released in 1978 and directed by Richard Donner. Al Capone was imprisoned for income tax evasion in 1931, despite being one of the most notorious gangsters in American history. Pica is a disorder characterized by cravings for non-edible substances, including ice, clay, chalk, dirt, and sand. David Clayton Thomas was living on the streets by the age of 15 after dropping out of school at Grade 9. Christopher Hitchens' book "God Is Not Great" claims that "monotheistic religion is a plagiarism of a plagiarism of a hearsay of a hearsay, of an illusion of an illusion." Takins are a type of goat-antelope related to the musk ox found in the Eastern Himalayas. The War of Independence for Greece began in 1821 after 400 years of occupation and oppression by the Ottoman Turks, marked by the raising of the revolutionary banner by Bishop Germanos of Patras on March 25th, coinciding with the Annunciation of the Theotokos. Andy Warhol was shot two to three times by Valerie Solanis in 1968, an assassination attempt from which he never fully recovered. Facts from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas. Fact explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
