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To users in India, Google Maps draws Kashmir as part of India. To users in the rest of the world, it accurately displays it as a disputed region.

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The Jehovah's Witnesses have predicted that the Biblical end times would arrive in 1878, 1914, 1918, 1925, and 1975.

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In 2009, a Canadian investor bought the Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions, for just $583,000.

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In the United Kingdom, a person can enlist in the armed forces at age 16. But that same person must be 18 years old to purchase the military-themed video game "Call of Duty".

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The Doolittle Raid was an audacious air raid launched by the U.S. against Tokyo in 1942. Only 50 Japanese people were killed, but the Japanese retaliated by killing 300,000 Chinese people in the region where the American pilots landed.

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Level 65

Dec 7, 2020

There is not just a four corners in the U.S. (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah) but there is also a four corners in Canada. (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

Level 52

Dec 9, 2020

I think people know that by now.

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Level ∞

Dec 13, 2020

I didn't.

Level 68

Apr 10, 2024

Nor did I

Level 70

Apr 4, 2021

nor did i

Level 58

Sep 24, 2021

I didn't know that either

Level 71

Oct 4, 2021

I did not know that either.

Level 59

May 31, 2023

I did not know that either.

Level 73

Sep 11, 2023

Neither did I.

Level 34

Sep 22, 2023

i didn't know that as well!

Level 69

Dec 25, 2023

I also didn't know.

Level 65

Dec 7, 2020

Kongo Gumi, a construction company, is the oldest in the world, founded in 578 AD.

Level 71

Oct 4, 2021

When was it losted?

Level 89

Dec 24, 2021

After the Japanese swore they set it down next to the door.

Level 63

Dec 7, 2020

Since the Earth isn't a perfect sphere, Mt. Everest isn't actually the closest point on our planet to space - that record goes to Ecuador's Mt. Chimborazo.

https://www.farandwide.com/s/amazing-geography-facts-d9d661749cad43df

Level 63

Dec 10, 2020

If Jupiter got any more massive, it would actually get smaller. Additional mass would actually make the planet more dense, which would cause it to start pulling it in on itself.

https://www.universetoday.com/15182/interesting-facts-about-jupiter/

Level 63

Dec 10, 2020

Despite only being 2.4% of Canada's size, Uganda has over three million more inhabitants.

Level 40

Oct 2, 2022

The least densely populated province (Govi Altai) of the least densely populated country (Mongolia)) has a population density of of less than half a person per square kilometer. The least densely populated Sum (region or district) of Govi Altai (Altai) has only got a population density barely over a tenth of a person per square kilometer. Meanwhile, Larvotto, one of the wards of Monaco has a population density of 24563 people per square km.

Level 89

Oct 13, 2022

That depends on how the thickness of the atmosphere is measured. Chimborazo is certainly further from the mean center of the Earth than Everest.

Level 54

Dec 9, 2020

It was planned to destroy Eiffel tower after 20 years but it wasn't destroyed because they use it as radio tower.

Level 65

Dec 9, 2020

Yeah, I thought so, another fact is that the Eiffel Tower was built for a fair, not a landmark in Paris.

Level 84

Mar 16, 2021

Furthermore, it wasn't quite likely by several artists of the moment (of construction).

One of them, Guy de Maupassant, hated it so much he use to eat lunch in the restaurant at the tower's base, because it was the only place where his lunch wouldn't be ruined by the view of "that useless, monstrous, hateful column of bolted seet metal".

Level 42

Dec 9, 2020

Ikea stands for it's founders initials Ingvar Kamprad E stands for Elmaryd the farm that he grew up in and A stands for Agunnaryd the town that he lived in

Level 52

Dec 9, 2020

Not true.

Level 59

Dec 10, 2020

Look it up.

Level 42

Dec 10, 2020

I did and I am correct. Grandoldman copy this https://www.dictionary.com/e/acronyms/ikea/#:~:text=IKEA%20is%20the%20name%20of%20a%20popular%20Scandinavian-founded%2C,founder%20grew%20up%29%2C%20and%20Agunnaryd%20%28the%20founder%27s%20hometown%29.

Level 52

Dec 10, 2020

Dang, you's right. I was confusing it with something else. Can't remember what exactly, but it was the name of the founder, his farm where he grew up, and hometown.

Level 42

Dec 10, 2020

oops I spelt Elmtaryd wrong

Level 54

Dec 10, 2020

The arrow below Amazon logo represent that all a-z things are available on Amazon

Level 52

Dec 11, 2020

Source? Sorry, but I gotta.

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Level ∞

Dec 13, 2020

I thought it was a self-portrait of Jeff Bezos.

Level 89

Dec 24, 2021

Ouch.

But funny.

Level 65

Dec 16, 2020

I knew that, I was a logo "nerd" on age 5.

Level 65

Dec 18, 2020

Source

Level 46

Dec 10, 2020

The city of Shanghai (Not the province) has a surface area of approximately 3,750 sq km. It is larger than 29 actual countries.

Level 46

Dec 10, 2020

The prefecture-city of Hulun Buir, in China is the largest in the world by area. 101,913 sq mi, surpassing 87 countries, although having a population of 2.549 million.

Level 66

Dec 10, 2020

There are some that are bigger but you might not classify them as cities.

Level 52

Dec 11, 2020

No, it's far from largest. For example Nagqu, in Tibet, clocks in at 450,537 square kilometers.

Level 44

Dec 10, 2020

544 is the same as Americans being able to get a gun at 18 but is only able to drink at age 21

Level 52

Dec 11, 2020

Not really.

Level 74

Dec 12, 2020

If we are refering to the extent of weirdness, then #544 is equal to Americans being aloud to get a gun at all.

Level ∞

Dec 13, 2020

In the Vietnam War era, many states lowered the drinking age in recognition of the absurdity that young men were being asked to kill and die in Vietnam but couldn't even buy beer. This was generally reversed in the 1980s, but teenagers could still buy alcohol in Louisiana until 1995.

Level 54

Dec 11, 2020

It is illegal to have three babies in China.

Level 66

Dec 11, 2020

My grandfather had 9 siblings.

Level 74

Dec 12, 2020

An idea for #545: The word "uppsala" means "oops" in German and is also a large city in Sweden. (source) Translated the last paragraph reads: The name Uppsala is occasionally used in German as an exclamation in the event of a mishap or a surprise, but it has been largely replaced by the English "oops" in recent decades.

Level 74

Dec 12, 2020

The first carrots were purple. They were bred to be orange merely to honor William of Orange. (source)

Level ∞

Dec 13, 2020

Orange carrots were around long before the Dutch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot#History

Level 62

Dec 13, 2020

India fought on both sides during World War 2. The Indian National Army was allied to Japan, while the British Indian Army fought for the Allies.

Level 59

May 31, 2023

Not really, that was just Bose

Level 71

Dec 13, 2020

Not an interesting fact, but I can't believe I've never heard about the Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign (the name for the operation mentioned in fact #545) until today. I really wish that American history curricula gave Japanese war crimes more attention. Some of the things they did make even the Nazis seem tame by comparison.

Level 52

Dec 13, 2020

Unfortunately, Japan was only one of many countries to do unspeakable things to people in colonies...

Level 61

Feb 19, 2021

"In 2009, a Canadian investor bought the Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions, for just $583,000." This investor has won exactly as many playoff games as the Detroit Lions since then.

Level 23

Mar 21, 2021

#544 fact is messed up

Level 58

Apr 7, 2021

On fact #541 I'm pretty sure that it also shows Kashmir belonging to China and Pakistan in their respective nations as well as doing this with many other border disputes.

Level ∞

Apr 7, 2021

Hard to say. I don't have a VPN which supports Pakistan or China so I can't check.

Level 60

May 13, 2021

Yup it does.

Also in India there's a law which forbids drawing or the creation of Maps which doesn't depicts the whole Kashmir as a Part of India. I had to bring down a lot of my Maps which followed the International borders on my Instagram Mapping Page as users complaint and threatened to sue me.

Here's the law National Map Policy 2017

Level 51

Dec 19, 2022

I am pretty sure I was one of them💀

Level 66

Oct 31, 2023

One of the annoying complainers that harass people for a few pixels on their maps?

Level 58

May 13, 2021

neat

Level 85

Mar 1, 2022