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Interesting Fact
271
Wojtek was a bear who served in the Polish army during WWII. Employed to haul ammunition,
he was initially given the ranks of private but was later promoted to corporal.
233
The last time a supernova was visible with the naked eye was in 1604. Known as "Kepler's Supernova",
it was so bright it could be seen during the day for a period of three weeks.
296
The U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six was not the sixth SEAL team. At the time there were only two.
The name was chosen to confuse the Soviets.
290
In 1932, the Australian government fought a war against emus but lost.
209
There are currently more people living in the metro area of Orlando, Florida
then there were in the entire country of England during the reign of Henry VIII.
345
The effects of wealth disparity can last for centuries, In the year 1066, the Normans conquered England and
placed themselves on top of the social hierarchy. More than 900 years later, people with Norman
last names are still about 10% wealthier than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts.
223
Lobsters keep growing their entire lives, and can live to be over 100 years old.
The largest lobster ever caught weighed over 20 kilograms.
34
Elephant birds from Madagascar weighed up to 1,000 pounds, with eggs weighing as much as 22 pounds.
They were driven to extinction by humans before 1700 AD.
92
"Troglodyte" is another word for caveman.
111
The only country to have a non-rectangular flag is Nepal.
128
Nearly 25% of women living in England in the year 1800 were named Mary.
78
Some people have claimed that the CIA plotted to assassinate Fidel Castro using an exploding cigar.
However, there is no evidence that this was ever seriously proposed.
193
"Coolth" is a word. It means the opposite of warmth.
10
Fortune cookies were invented in the United States by a person who was born in Japan.
286
The record for the fastest vehicle on water was set in 1978 by Australian Ken Warby. His boat, the Spirit of Australia,
reached a speed of 511 km/h. Two attempts to beat his record have resulted in the death of the pilot.
113
The Hawaiian islands were once known to Europeans as the Sandwich Islands -
named by explorer James Cook after the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
99
According to playwright Anton Chekov, if a gun is introduced into a story, it must be fired at some point in the story.
234
In Australia, the sheep population, cow population and kangaroo population are all higher than the human population.
21
The Greek island of Santorini was devastated by a huge volcanic eruption around 1600 BC.
Some people think that this event inspired the myth of Atlantis.
334
8,000 years ago was a bad time to be a single man. By looking at the DNA of people living today, we can infer
what percentage of men and women successfully reproduced. And 8,000 years ago, there were 17 women who
reproduced for every man who did so. How is this possible? Polygamy.
Some men had many wives while most men had none.
1 Comments
ZooTuber3000
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Aug 2, 2021
Cool! Interesting to take multiple times, due to the many different potential answers. I just have a question: in a quiz, how can you make the answer appear in the blank spot?
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