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In France, there is a village named Y.

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85% of people in the U.S. who die due to a lightning strike are male.

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In the United States, the rate of workplace fatalities is 8 times higher for men than for women.

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In 1896, Walter Arnold of Kent, England became possibly the first person convicted of speeding in an automobile. He was going 8 miles per hour in a 2 miles per hour zone.

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The most expensive speeding ticket ever issued was €170,000 for driving 80 km/h in a 40 km/h zone. The extraordinary fine was due to a law in Finland which ties the amount of the ticket to the driver's income.

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Feb 15, 2022

Credit @FishJenga for #751.

Credit @Geographystar for #752.

Credit @Hugopernia for #753.

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Feb 16, 2022

The reason that men are struck by lightning more often is probably that they are outside more.

Also see fact #357: The percentage of Americans who die due to lightning strikes has declined by over 98% since 1900.

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Feb 16, 2022

Here's a chart related to workplace fatalities.

Level 65

Feb 16, 2022

Random coincidence: The extinct Mbabaram language of Australia has a native word pronounced like Dog, which means... Dog.

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Feb 16, 2022

Ithkuil is an experimental language constructed by a linguist for the purpose of removing all ambiguity, or having as much description as possible, Every word is made up of sounds or groups of sounds that describe different parts of its meaning, meaning a short sentence can have a long meaning in most natural languages. For example, the 2 Ithkuil words "Tram-mļöi hhâsmařpţuktôx" means "On the contrary, I think it may turn out that this rugged mountain range trails off at some point". The creator himself can't speak it not can anybody, but he has made some songs in the language.

Simplified version if you want to use this:

Ithkuil is an experimental constructed language where each word can convey a large amount of specific information. It was invented for philosophical purposes, and no one including the creator can speak it.

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Feb 16, 2022

The teletubbies TV show used life sized costumes with adult actors, but they were meant to be the same size as babies, so they imported giant flemish rabbits to make the scale of the actors look smaller. unfortunately the show was filmed in the rabbits breeding season, so they had to reshoot multiple scenes because the rabbits were breeding in the background

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Feb 16, 2022

Wilmer Mclean was a citizen who lived in Manassas, Virginia in the 1860s after the first two battles of bull run having his livestock and crops destroyed twice he moved to Appomattox Courthouse to escape the war in 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant at his house and soldiers carried off most of his belongings as souvenirs of the occasion

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Feb 16, 2022

Similar to #290, the Chinese government also fought a war against birds. (And lost). Once they started killing birds, the insect population went up and crops started getting killed.

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Jun 9, 2022

And started a famine and you know what happens next, deaths…

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Feb 23, 2022

#755

Shoutout to Finland for being awsome

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Jul 1, 2022

#751: But Y though?

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Jul 20, 2022