Interesting Facts - Page 1

Mozambique has an AK-47 on its flag.

Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize, but Yasser Arafat did.

In 1698, Russia created a beard tax to encourage men to shave their beards and look more like men in other parts of Europe.

Lake Baikal is both the deepest and the oldest lake in the world.

In 1922, people in New York City rioted because of men wearing straw hats after the date it was considered socially acceptable to wear them.

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Level 57

Mar 12, 2020

Gandhi would have won Nobel peace prize if he was not shooted in January 1948. He would have win 1948 peace prize. Check this Nobel Prize website's article: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/mahatma-gandhi-the-missing-laureate

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Level 43

Jun 21, 2021

who shooted him

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Level 55

Sep 30, 2021

A human

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Level 32

Nov 7, 2021

He was shot by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic who belonged to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, who felt that Gandhi was being too nice to the Muslims.

The Bharatiya Janata party or BJP which currently rules India is the political wing of the RSS.

Level 26

Dec 12, 2021

1stly,gandhi did NOT do anything to prevent the division of india other than weeping and fasting,both of which were not asked for

2ndly,if he claimed to be at the front of the independence movement,he should have been that responsible, he and nehru just wanted all the limelight and love from the public and overshadowed other freedom fighters like veer savarkar,ashqafullah khan,sardar udham singh ETC

3rdly,he wanted to further divide india,for example in the case of nagaland,he said ,when there was a minor insurgency there,which still exists,that if nagaland is taken by force he would ask to be shot before any nagamese person is ,he promised sikhs an independant land in modern day india and pakistan,with most of the northern area of the punjab going to a nation called khalistan,so ya see,gandhi did do good things but he also did many bad things

Level 30

Apr 25, 2022

Nathuram Vinayak Godse

Level 54

Nov 12, 2022

Gandhi wanted peace transfer while others freedom fighters were quite extremists.

Level 67

Dec 9, 2022

Agree, it is much easier to relate to peaceful, inclusive people than any of the examples given. 2 of them are Hindu nationalists and the other was an assassin.

Level 55

May 18, 2020

A better way to reword #2 is, Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize. (but Joseph Stalin did) Source

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Level ∞

May 18, 2020

No he didn't. Maybe if we add a fake fact page...

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Level 55

May 19, 2020

Good idea....

Level 59

Jun 2, 2021

Yes. There are some people out there that I would really want to tell some fake facts about sharks and spiders to. Favorite animals, and also, most are harmless.

Level 34

Mar 29, 2022

One of the fake facts should be "Elon musk was a believer in flat earth"

A fake facts section should be something in my opinion. Great opportunity to put in humor.

Level 33

Nov 19, 2022

Or a true or false fact quiz.

Level 60

Dec 15, 2022

Isn't that just… true or false?

Level 54

Oct 5, 2021

He was NOMINATED for the NPP. but he did not win

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Level 55

Oct 26, 2021

ugh 11 year old me was dumb, why did I ever write this comment

Level 54

Jan 7, 2022

that happened with me and a blog that I am so ashamed of lol

Level 59

Jan 12, 2022

Yeah that happens with me all the time. I see one of my old comments, which is more or less likely rude, and I think “no wonder I’m on QM and Stewarts watch list”

Level 72

Feb 25, 2022

Your first comment was a year before this one, which means you're 12 (now 13). Must have been a steep learning curve, that one year :)

Level 30

Apr 25, 2022

In 1939, apparently, people decided to give Adolf Hitler a nobel peace prize. The person who caused WWII and the Holocaust.

Level 30

May 4, 2022

Stalin didn't win it. He was nominated.

Level 60

Jun 4, 2020

I thought the dead sea was the deepest lake in the world

Level 61

Feb 8, 2021

It is the point in the world that is the farthest below sea level. That does not necessarily mean that it is the deepest.

Level 68

Feb 25, 2021

Deepest water. The Dead Sea might be the lowest elevation.

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Level 84

Apr 1, 2021

The Dead Sea has the lowest elevation at its surface.

Level 59

Apr 5, 2022

Put another way, it has the lowest highest elevation of any lake.

Level 40

Nov 1, 2020

Can we make are own interesting facts Quizmaster

Level 55

Nov 12, 2020

You can always suggest a fact, and it might be chosen to be on the interesting facts page.

Level 44

Jul 17, 2021

What about... "Due to its sub-inlets, Guinea-Bissau has the eighth longest coastline in Africa at 1,920 km, but has an area of only about 36,000 sq mi."

Level 25

Feb 16, 2022

The cayman islands has almost as much area as coast, both at about 100km

Level 15

Mar 17, 2022

our too

Level 52

Dec 2, 2020

No comments yet? Or is this an error?

Level 52

Dec 5, 2020

Hmmm...must be an error.

Level 44

Jun 8, 2021

I think its an er _ _ r

Level 43

Dec 15, 2020

Mrhej’s facts. I’ll try.

Level 55

Jan 6, 2021

Add this:

When you put the Malay Peninsula into the Google Search Bar, it says "Peninsula in Thailand"

When you put the Armenian Highlands into it, it says "Highland in Turkey"

When you put the Moldova River in, it says "River in Romania" (Although that one actually makes sense)

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Level 55

Jan 6, 2021

Also, when you put in New Guinea, it says "Island in Australia"

Level 41

Jun 28, 2021

Thailand!

Level 42

Jan 11, 2021

Why the comments here were deleted?

Level 42

Jan 11, 2021

Oh, forgot it. Error in loading

Level 68

Jan 11, 2021

finally found the issue with this, and it's fixed now

Level 68

Feb 25, 2021

There's some disagreement on the oldest lake. I'm not sure the scientific community has studied this thoroughly enough. I know of several lakes in the Rocky Mountains that are believed to be about 40-50 million years old.

https://www.oldest.org/nature/lakes/

Level 71

Mar 5, 2021

Yeah, out of the lakes whose age is known, it's the oldest. But I do believe there are some old lakes whose age has yet to be confirmed.

Level 39

Jun 9, 2021

New York State is home to cities called Amsterdam, Dunkirk , Geneva and Rome. They all have populations of less than 35,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_New_York

Level 39

Jul 9, 2021

The time difference between Samoa (the island country) and American Samoa (the U.S. territory) is 24 hours.

So 1 p.m. on a Monday in Samoa is 1 p.m. on a Sunday in American Samoa.

Level 55

Sep 26, 2021

What happened with the old facts?

Level 59

Oct 1, 2021

They went on vacation

Level 63

Feb 20, 2022

Holiday!!! :)

Level 72

Oct 8, 2021

#5 is a little misleading in its attempt to make fun of the olden days.

According to the article about it, gangs of youths started knocking hats off people's heads (and beating them if they resisted) before the end of the summer straw hat season, and in many cases this escalated into fights.

Level 19

Dec 2, 2021

I highly doubt if Gandhi deserves Nobel prize. He's quite controversial and overrated.

Level 59

Dec 6, 2021

That beard tax could easily fund our schools and infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest.

Level 72

Feb 3, 2023

He's controversial only among hindu nationalists.

Level 46

Jan 4, 2022

The late actor Roger Moore who starred as James Bond is listed on google as an italian actress