Today's facts: May-December; Daring Consumption; Surveillance State; Awarded Twice; Automotive Legacy; Industrialization Surge; Collaboration; Colossal Buddha; Premier League; Favorite curry.

Daily Facts (24 Nov 2025) [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: Anna Nicole Smith married oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II when she was 26 and he was 89. Anthony Bourdain once ate the raw eyeball off a bloody seal carcass on a kitchen floor. In the late '80s, the Stasi had nearly 175,000 official informants on their books, roughly one informant for every 100 people in East Germany. Lauren Bacall won two Tony Awards for her performances in the musicals "Applause" (1970) and "Woman of the Year" (1981). GM Holden built more than seven million vehicles and over 10 million engines for both local and overseas sale since the introduction of the Holden 48-215 in 1948. During the Vargas years, Brazil's industrial output more than doubled as the economy grew at an average rate of nearly 4 percent annually from 1930 to 1945. Ai Weiwei collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics. The largest recorded sculpture is the 2002 Chinese Spring Temple Buddha, which stands at 128 meters (420 feet) tall. The National Rugby League (NRL) is the world's most attended rugby league competition and is often considered the most competitive. Chicken Tikka Masala is the UK's favorite curry. 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