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In 18th century Europe, a single pineapple cost the equivalent of $8,000. People who couldn't afford a pineapple could rent one as a display piece for a fancy party.

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Major American ballet companies generate around 40% of their annual ticket revenues from performances of The Nutcracker.

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Cambodia and Oklahoma both have a land area of 69,898 square miles.

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The Panic of 1873 was originally known as the "Great Depression" until an even bigger depression came along in the 1930s and stole its mantle.

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Did you know there is a St. Corona? In recent years, this little known Italian saint has seen an increase in interest from Catholics looking for a saint to pray to for protection from coronavirus.

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Dec 29, 2021

Source for #741 is Gastro Obscura.

Credit MiecraftMan for #743.

Level 59

Dec 29, 2021

I believe 741 has already been done before. Or, at least, it’s very similar to 477.

Level ∞

Dec 29, 2021

Fixed, thanks.

Level 65

Dec 29, 2021

New facts, yay! Also, there are 22 “Bloody Sundays”. 5 of them are Irish, and only one of them is well known, the massacre in St. Petersburg in 1905.

Level 67

Dec 30, 2021

More sitting U.S. presidents have visited Panama (10) than Australia (8).

Level 67

Dec 30, 2021

To clarify, this is the number of trips, not the number of individual presidents visiting.

Level 63

Jan 2, 2022

Well it is closer and the USA was heavily involved in the Panama Canal, essentially occupying part of Panama

Level 67

Dec 30, 2021

Despite it being so close, only 2 sitting U.S. presidents have ever visited Cuba, Calvin Coolidge in 1928, and Barack Obama in 2016.

Level 65

Dec 31, 2021

There are new quotes, everyone! Go see them!

Level 38

Dec 31, 2021

Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician that is the only woman in history to serve as First Lady of two different countries. (First, Mozambique under Samora Machel, then South Africa under Nelson Mandela.)

Level 63

Jan 1, 2022

We are as big as Oklahoma? (wow)

Level 52

Jan 1, 2022

Every German Kaiser ruled in 1888.

Level 53

Jan 4, 2022

who lived in a pineapple under the sea: the freaking king of england

Level 78

Jan 16, 2022

A tragic fact for children: each year on the emperor's birthday, all pupils received a Kaiser roll. In 1888, despite having three emperors, they got none. Wilhelm I and Friedrich III didn't live long enough to reach their birthday and when Wilhelm II ascended, he had already celebrated his.

Level 59

Feb 1, 2022

The first Dutch person in space, Wubbo Ockels in 1985, was there before the first Dutch person to reach the summit of the Mount Everest, René de Bos in 1990.

Level 70

Mar 31, 2022

cambodia and oklahoma's areas are different by 2 square kilometres, unless you want to keep it strictly imperial

Level 50

Jun 9, 2022

But which one is larger

Level 49

Feb 22, 2023

Oklahoma

Level 61

Sep 26, 2022

Here in Austria there's a municipality named after St. Corona

https://www.google.at/maps/place/St.+Corona+am+Wechsel/@47.5758776,15.9829404,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x476e787d2253170f:0x9f79415dc4ac441a!8m2!3d47.5862806!4d16.009009

Level 89

Jun 5, 2023

Oklahoma & Cambodia both featured in forced evacuations and resettlements that led to genocide.

The Trail Of Tears & The Killing Fields