Daily Facts (16 Feb 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 sinking of the General Belgrano by a British submarine during the Falklands War resulted in the single largest loss of life in the 10-week conflict, with 323 Argentinian sailors dying in the incident. The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, spans 1.1 miles and is best experienced on foot, offering stunning views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. Georgie Fame’s hit song "Yeh Yeh" was the first recording to knock The Beatles off the number one spot in the charts. Marti Pellow, the former frontman of Wet Wet Wet, admitted to being a heavy heroin user for three years before a public collapse in 1999, shocking fans who had perceived him as a clean-cut pop star with no issues. The highest peak of the Pyrenees is Pico de Aneto, which stands at 3,404 meters (11,168 feet). Nurse Gladys Emmanuel had several different white Morris Minors on the show "Open All Hours," with the vehicles being slightly different from each other. The Gregorian calendar was first adopted in Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain in 1582, with 10 days dropped in October of that year to realign with the equinox. Bugs Bunny made his debut on 27 July 1940, in an animated short film called 'A Wild Hare.' The Chihuahua shares a DNA type unique to Mexican pre-Columbian samples, confirming its ancestry is linked to the ancient Techichi, a small desert canine from Mayan times. Dante's Divine Comedy is composed of tercets that follow a unique rhyme scheme of ABA BCB CDC, which is his own invention, allowing for a complex and interconnected flow of the poem. 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
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