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Denver International Airport is larger than the entire city of San Francisco.
577
In 1999, Google offered to sell itself to excite.com for $1 million. Excite turned them down. Today, Google is worth more than $1 trillion (extend pinky finger).
578
The flag of the short-lived North Caucasian Emirate looked liked this:
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579
Japan's Kayabukiya Tavern once employed trained monkeys to serve its guests.
580
More than 285,000 companies have the same address: 1209 North Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware. This is due to Delaware's corporate-friendly legislation. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump own companies based at this location.
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Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 18, 2021
Credit to @turnbacktwo for #577, @GrandOldMan for #578 and #579, and @Sagaris for #580.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 18, 2021
Regarding #580, I wouldn't read too much into this. The U.S. tax code has closed most of the obvious loopholes. I would gladly base our company in Delaware if it saved us in taxes, but it wouldn't save us a dime. You have to be mega-rich for this to even be a factor.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 16, 2021
Knew it!!!
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 16, 2021
Hey Master of All Quizzes, here's a fact!

Gann Valley, Buffalo County, South Dakota is the smallest county seat in the US, with just 14 people. However, the nearby town of Fort Thompson (also in Buffalo County) has 1,282 people.

Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 16, 2021
Of the ten vice presidents who served the shortest terms, only three of them would not go on to become president.
DesimtTukstanci
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Level 76
Mar 19, 2024
Mentone TX (pop 10) is the seat of Loving County (pop 82), which I'm told are the least populous county seat and county in USA. I drove along every road in Loving County (easy and quick to do) and it sure was empty. All the shops in Mentone were shut, and the only location with any activity (or people) that I could see was the city hall.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 17, 2021
Gee, it's empty out here.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Jan 17, 2021
Kazakhstan was the center of the USSR for four days
MG17
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Level 43
Jan 17, 2021
Wow! Interesting!

I have a fact: Fargo, in North Dakota, is further north than Ottawa, in Canada.

Coordinates:

Fargo, ND = 46° 52' 17" N 96° 48' 31" W

Ottawa, ON = 45° 25' N 75° 41' W

Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Jan 18, 2021
#238: "Part of Canada is further south than the northern border of California."

#427: "More than 50% of the population of Canada lives at a lower latitude than Seattle."

MG17
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Level 43
Jan 19, 2021
Hmm. But thanks for see.
footballaus
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Level 44
Feb 19, 2022
I don't understand how Canada is under CALIFORNIA
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 17, 2021
There is a loch in Scotland called Loch Lochy
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Jan 18, 2021
King Fahd International airport is larger than Bahrain
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 18, 2021
Kosmodor Intergalactic Spaceport is bigger than the Sun.
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Jan 18, 2021
False
Baxtergrad
+14
Level 52
Jan 18, 2021
Ok, so maybe I exaggerated a tad. At the very least, it's as big as Jupiter.
eppek
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Level 59
Jan 26, 2021
True
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Jan 18, 2021
Chameleons change colour because it is the way they communicate.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 18, 2021
False
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 42
Jan 18, 2021
True
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 18, 2021
Ok, sure, but they do it for other things too.
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Sep 5, 2021
Like blending in when blowing up a nuclear power plant or robbing a bank
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Jan 19, 2021
Jazz is the hardest hangman word to guess.
BelgianFries
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Level 47
Jan 19, 2021
Nah, it would be something like Xylyl, Zzz, Xylem, or Qanaq. (I play scrabble)
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Jan 19, 2021
https://www.rd.com/article/hardest-word-guess-hangman/
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Jan 19, 2021
Qanaq has 2 very common letters, while jazz only has one, for xylyl, after exhausting there vowels, they'd figure out there's y. ZZZ isn't a word
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Jan 19, 2021
Qanaq and Xylyl are proper nouns, so how are you allowed to use them in scrabble?
BelgianFries
+1
Level 47
Jan 20, 2021
I use CSW19 which has a wider extension of words than TWL.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 55
Jan 20, 2021
oh
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Feb 6, 2021
ZZZ is an informal name for sleep
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Sep 5, 2021
Scissors is pretty hard. Also Xenacanthus, and don’t forget classic Owl.
filiphoset
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Level 61
Oct 23, 2021
what about quiz?
potatopierogi
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Level 68
Jan 16, 2024
When I was like 10 I played hangman against my dad and he used the word 'quiz.' All I got was the i and I remember thinking "this can't be a real word!!"
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Jan 19, 2021
In my opinion, #578 is false. But whatever I prove you'll probably not believe, so I'll forget it.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 19, 2021
The flag on the banknote may be an alternative flag.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Jan 19, 2021
But there are also no refrences in the page, so either of us could be wrong.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 19, 2021
Trust me - Wikipedia is so well kept, the flag would be changed by now.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 19, 2021

That is a reconstruct of the flag seen on the bank note.

(I made it myself, and now realize it should be puffier and more central, but you get the gist. Anyway, I still think the "Smile" flag is correct.)

SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Mar 5, 2021
Well, sorry for not replying. But vandalism is not catched very well on Wikipedia. It is 80% reliable. And stuff like the Seigenthaler incident have made Wikipedia not trustworthy for some.
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Jan 20, 2021
It looks like that has been debunked, yes.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 21, 2021
And nobody has supported it yet. I'm not going to take a random user's statement and make a fact out of it.
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Feb 18, 2024
You're the random user in this case lol

Look at the previous "facts" page and you'll see the evidence for the debunking.

Sagaris
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Level 63
Jan 24, 2021
Nice, thanks for the fact feature.
angrobper14
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Level 84
Mar 16, 2021
576: Check this page. It compares DIA and its hellish horse-like fiend with other places (including San Francisco).
Froststar101
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Level 74
May 12, 2021
In #577 what does the "extend pinky finger" part mean?
Pookminstamum
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Level 65
Oct 17, 2022
This refers to hoity toity behavior due to fat ducats.

The extending of the pinkie finger whilst enjoying a cuppa is considered a hallmark of the upper class.

Here, it refers to the formerly wee Google's offer being declined, but time passes, and the now buff Google is bathing in gloriously obscene tonnes of cheese.

*sip*

IamTheSam
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Level 41
Sep 9, 2021
Did Namath's team win on Sunday?
peardestroyer
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Level 57
Oct 24, 2021
To be honest, I think the only reason Google offered to sell themselves to Excite is because they needed money to run the company. I don't think Google's search engine was nearly as sophisticated in 1998 as it is today. I assume that if Excite did not reject the offer, Google still would've been a separate company, but with more money to start off.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Sep 21, 2022
#580 - imagine trying to find a parking space
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