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581
Spy satellites didn't used to be able to develop film, so they dropped film canisters with parachutes back into the atmosphere where they were collected by planes.
582
There is a man who is trying to visit every Starbucks location in the world. So far he has visited over 15,000 of them, about half. Also, his full legal name is Winter.
583
The first 25 U.S. Presidents share their name with a U.S. county. The first one that doesn't is William Taft.
584
In 2020, Mike Trout became the leading home run hitter in the history of the Los Angeles Angels. The man whose record he surpassed? Tim Salmon.
585
The first number that contains the letter C is Octillion or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
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Quizmaster
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Jan 21, 2021
Credit, indirectly, to Fionathegreat2 for #585.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 19, 2021
Mexico City is bigger than Dhaka
Baxtergrad
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Jan 19, 2021
Los Angeles also beats Moscow, Istanbul and London.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 19, 2021
Here's a fact: we need more quotes!
peardestroyer
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Jan 19, 2021
In 2015, the US spent $44,700 on promoting pumpkin donuts as a healthy eating choice.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 19, 2021
A Folly is a building constructed solely for decoration.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 19, 2021
Bullfrog County was a county in Nevada with 0 people.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 19, 2021
Jerimoth Hill, the highest point in Rhode Island, was barred from entry by a old man who lived nearby until 2005.
turnbacktwo
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Jan 19, 2021
The largest waterfall is not Angel Falls it is a waterfall in the strait. It is actually underground.
McKenzieFam
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Jan 19, 2021
The flag of Guyana breaks flag making rules by having gold and silver touching each other, two 'metal' colors are not supposed to touch in a flag's design
TheForsakenFurby
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Jul 22, 2021
Who made a rulebook on flags?
hasanabdi
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Level 70
May 7, 2022
it is white on the outside anyway, and the gold looks a bit more yellow than gold to me
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
Jan 19, 2021
Somebody make a Taft county!
HornetTF666
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Jan 20, 2021
The only Belgian winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Maurice Maeterlinck, is rarely read anymore in his country of origin, since he is considered "too Flemish" by the Walloon residents and "too Walloon" by the Flemish residents.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 20, 2021
What about the people in Brussels?
angrobper14
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Mar 16, 2021
Maybe Brusselaars consider him "too Bruxellois" and Bruxellois consider him "too Brusselaar".
JetPunker180
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Jan 20, 2021
The first PC virus was made to secure illegal use of software https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_(computer_virus)
SirPhilippines
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Jan 20, 2021
There is a wallpaper which kills your phone.

Don't try this wallpaper

NOTE: I am NOT responsible for killing your phone if you try it.

Baxtergrad
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Jan 20, 2021
If you like it, though, taking a screenshot of it is fine. Just don't download the original photo.
SirPhilippines
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Jan 20, 2021
Yep!
NV1
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Jan 20, 2021
William Henry Harrison had an inaugural speech of 8,445 words. However, George Washington's was 135 words.
SirPhilippines
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Jan 20, 2021
The same person who created Wonder Woman also created the lie detector.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 20, 2021
That's the truth - my lie detector says so.
Dollyfroggy
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Sep 6, 2023
Or does Wonder Woman say so?
SirPhilippines
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Jan 20, 2021
Toto's "Africa" will play in a loop forever in the Namib desert.
Baxtergrad
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Jan 20, 2021
Forever is sort of a stretch. At the very latest, until the end of the universe.
SirPhilippines
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Jan 20, 2021
correct.
ChineseChen
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Level 66
Jan 26, 2021
Los Angels?
loganite
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Level 89
Feb 22, 2021
Re: Interesting Fact 584...the Angels REALLY need to draft a player named Bass!
HutHutVikes
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Aug 15, 2021
Mike Carp played for them too! And with Anthony Bass now a Miami Marlin, that might just be the better place for him!
WeaponXtreme310
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May 18, 2021
Fun Fact: New Hampshire has the second longest bike week, after Daytona Beach's bike week.
smoceany
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Jun 15, 2021
williams county ohio
477977mcpsmd
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Jul 28, 2021
William Howard Taft is actually named after one of the metro stations in Manila.
Malbaby
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Mar 5, 2022
I think that the Station in Manila was named after Taft who served as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1901 to 1903.
SpencerGT
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Level 67
Jan 10, 2022
582 might be the least interesting interesting fact.
AlexThirkell
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Mar 6, 2022
I can't believe that there isn't a Taft county somewhere in the US. I mean, I can and I do believe it, but it's interesting...
DictatorTal
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Sep 20, 2022
Fr tho, especially considering that Taft isn't exactly forgettable.
Dollyfroggy
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Sep 6, 2023
Who?
DictatorTal
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Level 82
Sep 9, 2023
Taft was the 27th president of the United States.
stevediverse
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Mar 31, 2022
XC is the first number that contains "C"
hasanabdi
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Level 70
May 7, 2022
how do you pronounce XC? ninety. no c in ninety. you don't literally say "XC"
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Feb 24, 2023
Never before has 581 been more relevant (although we're dealing with balloons and not satellites)
THTB
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Dec 7, 2023
Can't believe someone surpassed tim salmon in the the angels angels
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