Today's facts: Badger-hunter; Assassination Aftermath; Liberation Icon; Childbirth adaptation; Ancient Metallurgy; Breakthrough; Adaptable species; Introduction Inspector; Emigration; Persecution Symbol

Daily Facts (18 Jan 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: Dachshund literally means "badger dog," as they were originally developed in Germany to hunt and exterminate badgers. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a bomb during an election campaign stop, which resulted in at least a dozen other fatalities and led to widespread violence and the postponement of the national parliamentary elections in India. Christopher Isherwood's book "Christopher and His Kind" made him a hero of gay liberation and a national celebrity by openly sharing the story of his life as a homosexual in 1930s Berlin. The female pelvis has evolved to be larger and broader than the male pelvis to create more space for childbirth. Copper was used by Native Americans as early as 2000 B.C. Mika Häkkinen scored points in the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time in 1996, at his fifth attempt, despite being involved in a collision five laps from the finish. Red maple is commonly found in eastern Canada and tolerates a wide range of temperature and precipitation, thriving most often in moist soils. Thou Shell of Death, published in 1936, is notable for introducing Inspector Blount of Scotland Yard, as well as for being one of the best stories by Nicholas Blake, a pseudonym for Cecil Day-Lewis, the poet laureate from 1968 to his death in 1972. "Kurt Weill, a German Jew, left Berlin in 1933 when the Nazis came to power and insisted he was not a 'German composer' but an American citizen." The pink triangle was originally used to denote homosexual men as a Nazi concentration camp badge, highlighting the persecution of an estimated 5–15,000 gay men and lesbian women during the Holocaust. 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