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Daily Facts (30 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: John Frankenheimer's film "Grand Prix," released in 1966, utilized real Formula One race footage and was shot at actual speeds, with only James Garner performing his own driving stunts. The play "Power Lunch" by Alan Ball satirically explores the dynamics of gender and relationships through the comedic interaction of a shy woman and an egotistical man who meet for the first time during a power lunch. In 2013, almost 496,000 students began full-time undergraduate courses in the UK, marking the highest level of entrants recorded to date. The Susquehanna River is the longest river on the east coast, stretching approximately 444 miles from upstate New York to the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The Viking project was the first planetary exploration mission to transmit pictures from the Martian surface. Winners of the Academy Awards are required to sign an agreement that they cannot sell their Oscar statuette for a profit without first offering it back to the Academy for $1. In Juilliard's recent production of Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen, the cast portrayed forest animals as exuberant young people wearing only animal ears or masks, emphasizing the humanistic qualities of the relationships in the opera. George W. Bush took a total of 533 vacation days during his presidency, significantly more than Barack Obama's total of 182 days. Westlife sold over 50 million records worldwide and accumulated 14 number-one singles in the United Kingdom, tying for the third-highest in UK history with Cliff Richard, behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley. The Volkswagen Tiguan achieved a five-star rating in independent Euro NCAP crash-testing, with an impressive 96% score for adult occupant safety and 84% for its protection of younger passengers. 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
