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There is a weight loss drug that really works, no diet or exercise required. Called 2,4-Dinitrophenol, or DNP, it interferes with the mitochondria in your cells so that instead of producing energy they produce waste heat. Sadly, side effects can include blindness and death. DNP has been banned in the U.S. since 1938.
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The planet Kepler-16b, discovered in 2011, is the first planet known to orbit two suns.
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Jackie Kennedy's marriage contract to Aristotle Onassis had 170 different clauses stipulating, among other things, that the couple were to have separate bedrooms and that Mr. Onassis had to spend at least $600,000 on his wife each year ($4.7 million in 2021 dollars).
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There is a new charter city in Honduras called Próspera. While still under Honduran sovereignty, the city is run by a private foundation. Features of the city include low taxes, visionary architecture, and low barriers to business formation.
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At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, first-place winners received a silver medal, second-place winners received a copper medal, and third-place winners received nothing.
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Quizmaster
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Apr 4, 2021
More facts about DNP...

In solid form DNP, is a high explosive. Its weight loss effect was discovered in WWI when workers in munitions factories started losing weight. Some of the workers died, but that didn't stop people from selling DNP pills to over 100,000 people in the 1930s. Patients lost 2 to 5 pounds a week.

During WWII, Russian soldiers supposedly took DNP to keep warm.

In modern times, people are often caught taking or selling this banned substance, sometimes landing them in jail.

You can read more about DNP here.

Quizmaster
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Apr 5, 2021
Credit @NeilVedwan for #662 and @turnbacktwo for #665.
SirPhilippines
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Apr 4, 2021
#first
SirPhilippines
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Apr 4, 2021
Countries Of The World Quiz used to be called "How Many Countries Can You Name"
ooftownroad
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Apr 5, 2021
The URL still says that!
SirPhilippines
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Apr 4, 2021
The 2021 event when the Evergiven got grounded i the Suez Canal blocked trade. But it might be much more than you think. In fact, in it's 6 day grounding, $9.6 billion worth of trade was blocked.
SirPhilippines
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Apr 8, 2021
Moscow is slightly closer to Reykjavik than it is to Kabul. By the way, this fact is not interesting. So move on!
SirPhilippines
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Apr 12, 2021
By the center of each country, Algeria is closer to Germany than to Egypt.
SirPhilippines
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Apr 12, 2021
And Turkey is closer to Iceland than it is to India...
SirPhilippines
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Apr 12, 2021
And Japan closer to Bhutan than to Marshall islands, missing by less than 100 kilometers...
SirPhilippines
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Apr 12, 2021
And Vanuatu closer to Samoa than it is to Papua New Guinea...
SirPhilippines
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Apr 15, 2021
You probably know this, and so do I, but TNT means trinitrotoluene.
TheNatureThread
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Apr 2, 2022
No, it means TheNatureThread
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
Their are more Us Mcdonalds stores than hospitals and more public libraries than Mcdonalds stores
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
Diamonds rain on Saturn and Jupiter
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
1 day on Venus is longer than 1 year on Venus
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
Chocolate milk was invented by Ireland
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
Germany is the second most spoken language in North Dakota
turnbacktwo
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Apr 4, 2021
Source

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/one-sentence-facts

NV1
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Apr 4, 2021
Ok? Considering that 47.2% of N.D.'s population has German ancestry, it's not really surprising.
SirPhilippines
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Apr 4, 2021
Where do you get these facts? Buzzfeed? They always have no sources.
ooftownroad
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Apr 13, 2021
Bangkoks full name is Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit
turnbacktwo
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Apr 14, 2021
I have too
McKenzieFam
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Aug 8, 2021
Lego is the world's largest tire manufacturer, making 430 000 000 tires, 306 000 000 tires or 700 000 000 tires, depending where you look.
YouLoveEagle
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Aug 17, 2022
ooftownroad, never mention that long ridiculous city to me again, or the original one, just give me the English one
Quizmaster
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Apr 15, 2021
These are the same facts that get trotted out on Reddit every time somebody says "what's a surprising fact". Maybe they are new to somebody.
NV1
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Apr 4, 2021
The planet of Kepler-16b orbits 2 suns, therefore gives you two shadows instead of one. Source

On the planet COROT-7b, it rains down metals and rocks instead of rain. Source

HD189733-b's winds go up 5,400 MPH and glass rains sideways there. Source Source

Titan, a moon of Saturn, is well...weird. The moon's extremely thick atmosphere prevented us from knowing how the moon's surface even looked like for 350 years since it's discovery way back in 1655 (was discovered in 2005)!

Dollyfroggy
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Dec 7, 2023
Thanks for adding sources. It's a practice that I wish was more common.
FaroPor
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Apr 6, 2021
Switzerland won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest by just 1 point.
turnbacktwo
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Apr 6, 2021
Fargo, North Dakota and Norwalk, California have the exact same population

Source

https://gottwurfelt.com/2012/06/25/pairs-of-cities-with-the-same-population/

1ProximaCentauri
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Apr 7, 2021
That would go under the Interesting Coincidences page, not the facts page. Hey that's a new idea!
JohnnyYeet
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Apr 7, 2021
Google Search Bar can be weird sometimes...

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

For "Malay Peninsula," it says "Peninsula in Thailand"

For "French Alps," it says "Mountain Range in Italy"

For "New Guinea," it says "Island in Australia"

For "Moldova River," it says "River in Romania"

(However, the last two make sense, seeing as Australia is also called a continent and the Moldova river is actually only in Romania)

SirPhilippines
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Apr 7, 2021
I think these have already been said...
JohnnyYeet
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Apr 7, 2021
Yes, by me, but seeing as they went ignored, I decided to post again

plus, I added the French Alps one just now. Found out about it after randomly googling Alps up

Dollyfroggy
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Dec 7, 2023
Just because they don't get replies doesn't mean they were not noticed.
AntiMatter8192
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May 12, 2022
The Malay one somewhat makes sense because Thailand is partly in it, but Malaysia should be the main answer as it occupies the most area in the peninsula.
1ProximaCentauri
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Apr 7, 2021
Uruguay's Northernmost point is south of New Zealand's
FaroPor
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Apr 7, 2021
not surprising
1ProximaCentauri
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Apr 7, 2021
I just asked my parents, and 3 friends which country has the southernmost northernmost point, and they all said either Australia or New Zealand. If you can produce factual stats that counter that, i will be convinced.
turnbacktwo
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Apr 8, 2021
They dunno about South America then
1ProximaCentauri
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Apr 8, 2021
You gotta realize that the average human knows way less about geography than we do. They think of Australia and surrounding countries as southern. It's not like I handpicked them. If you ask any human this question, there is a 95 in 100 chance they won't say Uruguay
turnbacktwo
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Apr 8, 2021
I know that
Geographystar
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Apr 9, 2021
All of the world's coronavirus can fit inside a can of Coca-Cola. (Disclaimer, this is a Fermi estimate, meaning it could be up to an order of magnitude off, but even then it would fit inside a 2-liter bottle)(Source, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVgBjRFSMYs)
Sealantmajor
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Apr 10, 2021
I haven’t seen these facts here, so I think I’ll include them. Emilio Marcos Palma was the first person to be born in Antarctica in 1978. C.S. Lewis and John F. Kennedy died on the same day, and the Italian word for tomato, pomodoro, literally means “golden apple” since the first tomatoes seen in Italy were yellow.
Marquee
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May 12, 2022
And Aldous Huxley
FlyingG
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Apr 10, 2021
Fun Fact: The Olympics held 3 years before WW2 in 1936 were in Berlin.
FlyingG
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Apr 10, 2021
Source: A Jetpunk quiz. :D
LuigiDood227
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May 6, 2021
Everybody who knows what the Olympics are knows that...
AiJiyao
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Apr 11, 2021
About #662. It is believed that most stars actually are systems of two stars orbiting each other (around a common barycenter). The planets in our solar system would therefore be the #662 interesting fact of most extraterrestrial civilizations !
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 11, 2021
idk if anyone said this, but competitive art used to be part of the Olympics
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 11, 2021
Some cats are allergic to humans. I know this sounds crazy, but it is true
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 11, 2021
You might be drinking water that is older than the solar system
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 11, 2021
The canary islands are named after dogs, not birds
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 11, 2021
1. Armadillo shells are bulletproof

2. No numbers from 1 to 999 contain the letter A

3. Facebook has more users than the population of China, USA, and Brazil combined

4. Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena

5. Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest

6. A one-armed player scored the winning goal in the first World Cup

Source

turnbacktwo
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Apr 11, 2021
I think I know number 6 was his name Hector Castro

5 was already done

Competitive art fact has already been done

I requested Cats having an allergy

thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 11, 2021
yes, his name was hector castro
Malbaby
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Aug 23, 2021
one hundred And one
ElementalPixel
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May 3, 2022
Grammar would necessitate the removal of the "and," as the correct form would be "one hundred one." The "and" is just something we add in speech, sort of like conjunctions.
BipedCabbage
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Jul 31, 2022
They're both commonly used and accepted ways of saying numbers, and are both grammatically correct. Also, are you implying that the use of conjunctions isn't grammatically correct?
WanderingWalrus
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Jan 12, 2022
How high can Mt Everest fly?
ooftownroad
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Apr 13, 2021
5 cool facts:

1. Mt Everest is not the closest mountain to the moon, due to the earth bulging at the equator, Ecuador's Mt Chimborazo is geographically the closest mountain to the moon.

2. Iceland will be an archipelago in millions of years

3. Iceland has been the safest country in the world for 12 years in a row according to the Global Peace Index

4. Damascus is the oldest city in the world, with inhabitants since 7000 BC

5. Africa is the only continent to be in all 4 hemispheres

turnbacktwo
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Apr 13, 2021
5 isn't really surprising because Africa stretches pretty long

1 has already been done

ooftownroad
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Apr 13, 2021
heres some more:

Kentucky has more caves than any other place on earth

A drop of water takes 90 days to travel down the Mississippi River

turnbacktwo
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Apr 13, 2021
The first one isn't correct because of USA
ooftownroad
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Apr 13, 2021
the kentucky area
AntiMatter8192
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May 12, 2022
Oceania is also in 4 hemispheres.
BipedCabbage
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Jul 31, 2022
Or Asia, depending on where you draw the line
turnbacktwo
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Apr 14, 2021
In the first olympics in Athens 1896 athletes didn't win gold, silver and bronze medals. 1st place would receive silver 2nd would receive copper and both would receive an olive branch. Gold, silver and bronze medals were first awarded in 1904.
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
Russia is larger than Mercury
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
The Chernobyl disaster actually killed more Belarus people
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
The tallest sandcastle is over 55 feet tall
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
Texas was a country for 10 years
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
Nobody outside of Georgia speaks Georgian
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
Apiaka is the most endangered language
1ProximaCentauri
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Apr 15, 2021
The Texas, and Chernobyl ones aren't interesting. There are speakers in Turkey and Russia, as for the rest, Interesting Quote #87...
SirPhilippines
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Apr 15, 2021
I would say the Apiaka language is extinct, which is not interesting. And if you mean 1 speaker, then there are probably dozens of others like that.
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
Yes but it was the earliest
SirPhilippines
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Apr 15, 2021
What does "Earliest" mean? If it was the first, then there are thousands before that.
turnbacktwo
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Apr 15, 2021
That isn't extinct
SirPhilippines
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Apr 15, 2021
But it is. Hebrew would've beaten this on both ways.
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 15, 2021
If you mean oldest language, it is Tamil, and please don't argue about this. It is true
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Apr 15, 2021
Oldest EXTINCT language is probably caveman noises. I'm kidding it is probably Hebrew.
FaroPor
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Apr 15, 2021
Yeah, it's probably Hebrew.
NV1
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Apr 16, 2021
You mean BIBLICAL Hebrew? Because there's a ton of modern-day modern Hebrew speakers.
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 16, 2021
Nono SirPhilippines oldest language is alien language
thegoatisgoaty
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Level 71
Apr 16, 2021
btw has anyone here got the spotlight award yet
turnbacktwo
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Apr 16, 2021
Oldest language is called Oldish or oldese
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Apr 17, 2021
LISTEN. OLDEST EXTINCT LANGUAGE.
thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 15, 2021
Calvin Coolidge had a pet hippo.
Baxtergrad
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Apr 15, 2021
#664 is remining me of that "Mosquito Coast" movie.
ooftownroad
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Level 61
Apr 16, 2021
My first suggesttion was on page 35. I have been asking for cool facts every ten or so facts
1ProximaCentauri
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Apr 16, 2021
London has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai or New Delhi. Despite having only having half their population, and being outside of India.

https://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/01/why-london-beats-delhi-and-bombay-indian-cuisine-260743.html

http://whatafact.com/en/f/london-more-indian-restaurants-mumbai-delhi/

AntiMatter8192
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May 12, 2022
But all restaurants in India are Indian
Dollyfroggy
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Dec 7, 2023
More accurate to say Indian cuisine.
carys888
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Jun 23, 2021
The Wizard of New Zealand once competed in University Challenge
Malbaby
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Aug 23, 2021
Hi also holds views that women cause wars through their shopping habits.
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