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Pope Leo XIII awarded a Vatican gold medal to the creator of his favorite brand of cocaine-infused wine.
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In 1939, over 750,000 pets were killed in the United Kingdom in anticipation of food shortages due to WWII. This event is known as the "British Pet Massacre".
718
The "Free State Project" is an organized effort to create a Libertarian government in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. So far, over two thousand Libertarians have moved to New Hampshire to help make this happen.
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About one in every five thousand clovers is a four-leaf clover.
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The first 35 popes are saints in the Roman Catholic church. It's unclear what Liberius, the 36th pope, did in order to be undeserving of the honor.
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thailand
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Level 40
Aug 8, 2021
Random fact: 27,000 trees are cut down a day so we can have toilet paper.
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2021
Weird
ItzIngenious
+1
Level 60
Aug 29, 2021
But realistic
thailand
+12
Level 40
Aug 8, 2021
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
JWatson24
+12
Level 71
Aug 8, 2021
Together we can stop this! Please spread the word! Thank you for your attention!
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Aug 8, 2021
Wow. Truly breathtaking.
Afghabwe
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Level 39
Aug 9, 2021
My name is Jamal
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Aug 16, 2021
Every 100 years anywhere, 100 years passes. We get it!
thailand
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Level 40
Aug 17, 2021
somehow hfjhsdawdhbdhbhb's account got deleted huh

what happened to his account?

ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Aug 17, 2021
Deleted it in shame of being exposed copying from another website on his blogs.
thailand
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Level 40
Aug 17, 2021
Ohhh...

So in all his blogs he copy-pasted it?

ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2021
Every time the word every appears in this thread give me a nickel
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
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McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
Now you're rich
thailand
+1
Level 40
Oct 26, 2021
ever
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 9, 2022
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YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 9, 2022
Now ur richer
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Aug 10, 2021
There are 9389 ways to solve a tetris cube
ooftownroad
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Level 61
Aug 12, 2021
Im back ;)
HornetTF666
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Level 65
Aug 13, 2021
The winner of the first modern Olympic Marathon, Spyridon Louis, stopped at a tavern mid-race for a glass of wine.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 30, 2021
Sadly, this appears not to be true, although he did apparently get a glass of cognac along the road.

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

thailand
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Level 40
Aug 14, 2021
The last hamburger of Iceland's McDonalds was sold 8 years ago

The USA flag was made by an student

The old romans used urine to light the teeths

Jellyfishes have no heart

ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Aug 14, 2021
Well, they don’t have blood or brains either, but clearly some of them managed to live forever!
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Aug 14, 2021
The USA one was already used, i think.
thailand
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Level 40
Aug 14, 2021
👍
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Sep 9, 2021
@ARandomQUizzer r/technicallythetruth
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Aug 15, 2021
African elephants are the only non-domesticated animals with floppy ears. It's a dangerous feature to have in the wild.

- Heard that on the "Stuff You Should Know" podcast, and it was Darwin who first pointed it out apparently. Taking the elephant quiz reminded me :)

Geographystar
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Level 67
Aug 16, 2021
Illinois is less forested than Nevada. (13.6% forested vs. 15.9%)
Geographystar
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Level 67
Aug 16, 2021
Most people know about the story of the original marathon run by Pheidippides in 490B.C., when he ran 26 miles to tell of the victory over the Persians, and died after delivering the message. However, one aspect that is not often told is that just before that he ran 150 miles to Sparta to ask for more reinforcements, which most likely caused his death.
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Aug 4, 2022
ironically he ran 150 miles from Marathon to Sparta to ask for the Spartans help in the battle of Marathon but they refused because they didn't want to miss their festival, so he ran 150 miles back, fought in the battle, then ran 25 miles back to Athens just to gasp out 'we won' and die. Oh and he did it barefoot.
Nicholas1303
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Level 44
Aug 18, 2021
Indonesian island java is actualy more populus than almost all country (not combined)
NineVoltBattery
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Level 60
Aug 21, 2021
There's parts of Lee County, Virginia that are closer to 7 and even 8 other state capitals than Richmond, the capital of Virginia.
NineVoltBattery
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Level 60
Aug 22, 2021
One more interesting fact about Virginia. Tangier Island, which is in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, has lost 2/3 of its landmass since 1850.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Aug 25, 2021
A man walked all the way from Milan to Athens for the 1896 Olympics only to find out he was disqualified from the race he was going to run.
thailand
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Level 40
Aug 25, 2021
that's deep
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
What. Is. That.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Sep 8, 2021
Weirdest one I've ever seen
thegoatisgoaty
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Level 71
Sep 10, 2021
I think I've been there in person where did you get that pic
AllOfSanMarino
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Level 63
Sep 12, 2021
I actually live right next to it, it’s in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.
thegoatisgoaty
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Level 71
Sep 20, 2021
lol wow that is so cool
TheNatureThread
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Level 65
Aug 27, 2021
There is a group of Hungarian people in Sudan called Magyarabs, who escaped the Ottoman Empire to Sudan.
thailand
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Level 40
Sep 14, 2021
what an diversical fact
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 30, 2021
I looked it up. Unfortunately, I'd have to rate this fact as mostly false.

It's true there were some Hungarians who ended up in the Sudan in the 16th century. But they were fighting FOR the Ottomans not escaping from them.

The Hungarians interbred with the local population and now speak Arabic just like everyone else there. They also look like the natives too except for slightly lighter skin. It's still an interesting fact but I was expecting a bunch of pale skinned, Hungarian-speaking people in Sudan which is simply not the case.

LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Aug 28, 2021
The Italians fought 12 battles of the Isonzo during WWI from 1915-1917. And no, these were not small skirmishes, actual battles.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Aug 28, 2021
And somehow the Germans thought it was a good idea to ally these guys in WWII.
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 9, 2022
They ally Italy because they liked Mussolini, well that was Hitler because they had identical ideas
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Sep 8, 2022
Seeing as they repelled Germanic Austria for all of World War 1 in harsh alpine warfare, I don't really understand your attempt to link the decision following earlier fierce determination and success to later failure. It contradicts the point you're attempting.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Aug 28, 2021
The green in the Welsh flag is the ocean, not land.
thailand
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Level 40
Aug 29, 2021
the green in brazil flag isn't rainforest
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Sep 8, 2022
The green in Starbucks isn't all the paper cups people waste every year instead of making their own coffee, nor the litter.
hugopernia
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Level 55
Aug 31, 2021
Suggestion for an interesting fact: There are 15 cities / towns in the world named 'London'. One of them is, of course, the capital city of London. Another one is in Kiribati. There's also one in France. The rest are in Canada and the US.

Source: Wikipedia

Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Sep 9, 2021
Would be clearer if it said 'the capital city of the United Kingdom' instead of 'the capital city of London'.
Jiff123
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Level 47
Dec 28, 2021
I am otherwise engaged.
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 63
Aug 31, 2021
In 1967, a town in Ecuador, Picoazá, elected a brand of foot powder as its mayor. (Pulvapies)
thailand
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Level 40
Aug 31, 2021
it is one district, not a town
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 63
Aug 31, 2021
(My mistake.) Still strange fact though.
thailand
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Level 40
Sep 1, 2021
Coke-Cola only sold 25 bottles in their first year.
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Sep 4, 2021
The tallest pencil on end is taller than the Empire State Building.
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Sep 4, 2021
Joey Chestnut ( a champion eater ) has gulped down almost 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Sep 4, 2021
The fastest talker said nearly 300 words in 27.8 seconds
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Sep 4, 2021
A nintendo console sold less than 900,000 copies
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Sep 4, 2021
A girl sent 14,825 text messages in a month.
turnbacktwo
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Level 42
Sep 4, 2021
Finally, the metal detector was invented a Alexander Graham Bell.
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Sep 17, 2021
Turnbacktwo is going to pass that girl if they do a few more facts on this chain!
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
Nintendo was a playing card company, a taxi company, and an instant noodle company before it became a video game company.
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Sep 6, 2021
I once knew a guy who could find four leaf clovers everywhere he went. I saw him find three four leaf clovers in five minutes. During lockdown, we ended up with a collection of 15 four leaf clovers in only 2 weeks!
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Sep 17, 2021
I have found ONE four leafed clover. Guess what? That day I found a twenty dollar bill on the ground. No joke
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Aug 4, 2022
woah
Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Sep 6, 2021
Uganda is projected to pass Russia by 2100, despite being over 70x smaller.

South Africa is the only country in Africa to ever have owned nuclear missiles.

Both Apia and Nuku'alofa are in the Eastern Hemisphere despite being in Oceania.

CambodianQuizzer
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Level 63
Sep 7, 2021
Correct if I'm wrong, but is the first fact based on population?
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Sep 7, 2021
Uganda: haha skip you in line

Russia: *sad russian noises*

Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Sep 9, 2021
@CambodianQuizzer, yes that's what I meant.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Sep 10, 2021
Libya used to have a flag that was all green until 2012.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Sep 7, 2021
Nickelodeon used to be called Pinwheel
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Sep 7, 2021
Not that you care, anyways :(
crabgrab08
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Level 44
Jun 18, 2022
I care :)
Geographystar
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Level 67
Sep 9, 2021
Dice have been discovered in Scandinavia that used to belong to the Vikings, but one of the dice was a little different, apparently one of the Vikings was cheating and made a weighted die that would land on one face far more often.
Geographystar
+2
Level 67
Sep 9, 2021
So basically the medieval version of a hacker.
thegoatisgoaty
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Level 71
Sep 10, 2021
big brained viking
thailand
+2
Level 40
Sep 10, 2021
useless fact: The color you see when you close your eyes is called eigengrad
thailand
+2
Level 40
Sep 10, 2021
eigengrau* not eigengrad xd
TheNatureThread
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Level 65
Sep 10, 2021
Congratulations, you got everybody to close their eyes :D
Eomer
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Level 26
Feb 6, 2024
haha actually I did close my eyes XD
JetPunker180
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Level 54
Sep 17, 2021
It is name of one jetpunker
thailand
+1
Level 40
Sep 17, 2021
Jetpunker180, they must really love the color eigengrau!
thailand
+1
Level 40
Sep 17, 2021
search on google: ''color eigengrau''
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Aug 4, 2022
fact : 99% of people who read that will close their eyes
CloudedLeopard
+1
Level 35
Jun 9, 2022
Interesting
AllOfSanMarino
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Level 63
Sep 12, 2021
The elements oxygen, silicon, and aluminum are present on the Moon in amounts comparable to their existence in the crust of the Earth. Iron and titanium contents are distinctly enhanced on the Moon, as compared to the Earth, while the alkali metals are less abundant, as are carbon and nitrogen.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Sep 15, 2021
There's a train station in Paris called Stalingrad
TheNatureThread
+1
Level 65
Sep 20, 2021
Interesting fact: you are in lightdark mode!
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
Jun 1, 2022
It doesnt work any more :(
carys888
+3
Level 59
Sep 22, 2021
Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln witnessed three presidential assassinations.

Source: https://camtrader.ca/abraham-lincolns-unlucky-son-witnessed-3-presidential-assassinations/

PanSerbia7
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Level 23
Sep 25, 2021
First word spoken was "aa!" which meant "Hey!"
PanSerbia7
+1
Level 23
Sep 25, 2021
Universe is in beige shade, which is "cosmic latte". TAWOG nostalgia... Parasite.
imb0916
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Level 28
Sep 26, 2021
The Russian island Big Diomede and the Alaskan island Little Diomede are separated by just 2.4 miles -- and yet there is a 20 hour time difference. This is due to time zones, naturally.
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Sep 27, 2021
Already used, or stated in a different proposal.
CloudedLeopard
+1
Level 35
Jun 9, 2022
Kind of funny
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jun 11, 2022
Live Free and Die.
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
Jun 16, 2022
Hol' up
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 63
Aug 4, 2022
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