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Interesting Facts - Page 155

771
Two separate French kings died by hitting their head on a door frame.
772
There is an AI program that can look at a picture of your retina and guess your gender with 97% accuracy.
773
About 10% of people have a tiny extra spleen.
774
According to crowd-sourced prediction site Metaculus, there's a 55% chance that at least one human born before 2001 will live to 150 years of age.
775
China burns more coal than the rest of the world combined.
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Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Apr 30, 2022
Credit @ilikegeography18 for #771.
Geographystar
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Level 67
May 4, 2022
In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards won the French Scrabble Championship without knowing how to speak French. How did he do it? He had already won English Scrabble championships before, so for one month leading up to the competition he memorized an entire French dictionary. He even successfully challenged some other players incorrect words.
ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 4, 2022
Memorizing a couple of words is hard enough. But a WHOLE DICTIONARY!? I wonder how long it took him.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
May 12, 2022
When you're so bored you learn a new language through a dictionary
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jul 25, 2022
And I can’t even learn a new language on Duolingo cause of my laziness
Philippelebel
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Level 57
Mar 29, 2024
It's not just the words... Conjugation is tough in French, so he had to learn all the variants of the verbs (same with the plural and feminine forms of words and adjectives).

Also, the guy is very good at the strategizing part of the game.

ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 4, 2022
There is a whale, called "52-hertz blue whale" that has been trying to communicate in 52 hertz for over a decade. It has been proven to exist, but it hasn't got a response back...
ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 5, 2022
That is just sad
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Nov 13, 2022
Deaf whales use semaphores.
SpencerGT
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Level 67
May 15, 2022
The call on the wikipedia page (sped up 10x for some reason) is legit sad.
Felixcroc
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Level 69
May 5, 2022
The smallest number in English with the letter A is "one thousand".
ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 6, 2022
Number facts:

None of the letters A, B, C, or D appear up to 99. (0 to 99, including 0 and 99) They each never appear through that range.

A: one thous*A*nd

B: one *B*illion

C: one o*C*tillion

D: one hun*D*re*D*

Oh yeah: A, B, and C never appear from 0 to 999. (including 0 and 999)

K and J appear in NO number.

There you go! YW... ^_^

SirPhilippines
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Level 65
May 7, 2022
There’s a quiz about it…
ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 10, 2022
what about Kjphillion
SirPhilippines
+8
Level 65
May 11, 2022
we can make a religion out of this
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Nov 13, 2022
J appears in a kajillion.
AntiMatter8192
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Level 68
May 13, 2022
You have forgotten the negatives.
ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 13, 2022
1. Negative numbers don't count.

2. Even so, K and J never appear.

MDawg396
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Level 56
May 5, 2022
The smallest country in South America, Suriname, is bigger than all of the smallest countries in all the other continents, combined. (Excluding Antarctica)
MDawg396
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Level 56
May 6, 2022
and excluding trinidad and tobago which is in the carribean
LawnchairLarry
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Level 53
May 13, 2022
Why would it be included, it is not anywhere close to the smallest north american country.
ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 13, 2022
The Caribbean, Central America, and Latin America are NOT continents; they're subcontinents.

North America - St. Kitts and Nevis (261 km2)

Europe - Vatican City (0.49 km2)

Asia - [The] Maldives (298 km2)

Africa - Seychelles (455 km2)

Oceania - Nauru (21 km2)

All together, the area is 1035.49.

Suriname's area is 156000 km2.

156000 - 1035.49 = 154964.51

ItzIngenious
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Level 60
May 13, 2022
He’s saying that because Trinidad and Tobago could be considered South America
MDawg396
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Level 56
May 14, 2022
Yes, I am. Thank you
MDawg396
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Level 56
May 14, 2022
The reason I said it was because At that time I had just seen an argument about whether Trinidad and Tobago was in North or south America
Geographystar
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Level 67
May 16, 2022
Wow, it's not just bigger, it's like 100 times bigger!
Geographystar
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Level 67
May 16, 2022
The funny thing is, even if Trinidad and Tobago *was* in South America, it would still be 5 times larger than the rest combined.
tetraaa
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Level 33
May 26, 2022
not 5 times but still larger
ImNotAmerican
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Level 38
Jul 15, 2022
You'd still have room for more countries, such as El Salvador!
ImNotAmerican
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Level 38
Aug 31, 2022
idk if this is true i was just using a website and didn't do any actual math
ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 12, 2022
Though having a population of 10,900 to 11,000 people, only 0.00014% of the world's population, Nauru has the highest obesity rate in the world, with 61.00%.
ilikegeography18
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Level 30
May 13, 2022
Oh, and Vietnam is the lowest obesity rate: 2.1% obese people.
NV1
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Level 51
Jun 30, 2022
Ok...? A country's population has no bearing on its obesity rate...
Zzineohp
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Level 56
Oct 17, 2022
What? Obviously it does, the obesity rate is calculated using the population
LawnchairLarry
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Level 53
Jul 12, 2022
they are so isolated, they eat mainly fatty seafood.
Relox84
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Level 70
Sep 6, 2022
Though having a population of 1, only 0.000000012% of the world's population, my bedroom has the highest obesity rate in the world, with 100.00%
FreeStater
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2023
Mine is amazingly 0%, but it gets to 100% every Friday, and occasionally 50% on the weekends.
AntiMatter8192
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Level 68
May 13, 2022
The little finger contributes the most to your hand's grip.
Sealantmajor
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Level 54
May 14, 2022
Richard Gere’s middle name is Tiffany.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
May 16, 2022
Amy Poehler's middle name is Meredith.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
May 18, 2022
Despite being one of America's most famous generals, George S. Patton is buried in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Baxtergrad
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Level 52
May 19, 2022
You don't say… I would've thought of Luxembourg City, Eritrea.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
May 23, 2022
Maybe missing the point of the fact

Plus I make it specific so you know he's not buried in Luxemburg, Wisconsin

https://earth.google.com/web/search/luxembourg+city+usa/@44.54167403,-87.703111,251.57367228a,8281.30359174d,35y,-0h,0t,0r/data=CmIaOBIyCiUweDg4MDJjNTQzNjNlODEyMzM6MHgyMmQ0MThjZDYwMDFmNmFlKglMdXhlbWJ1cmcYAiABIiYKJAldcA8C09ZJQBFH0a__IANIQBnuzZ7A-kAqQCEgnkK8nt_uPw

imb0916
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Level 28
May 29, 2022
Lets be honest who would think that
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
May 29, 2022
People who live in Luxemburg, Wisconsin?
Flash7
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Level 28
Jul 11, 2022
damn!!!
ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 19, 2022
The Aldabra Rail "re-evolved" itself back into existence

Source:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/aldabra-rail

Flash7
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Level 28
Jul 11, 2022
huh?!!!
belor
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Level 58
May 23, 2022
I don't think this fact has been done yet, so..

Helium is almost impossible, in human terms, to freeze. It will only freeze at -272.2 C (barely a degree above absolute 0) under 25 atmospheres of pressure

ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 24, 2022
Another fact: All three countries with a unique starting letter, (Oman, Yemen, and Qatar) are located in the arabian peninsula.
tetraaa
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Level 33
May 26, 2022
also all of them border saudi arabia
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Jul 15, 2022
@43Cubes they're also all on Earth
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Jun 4, 2022
Anybody who has some extent of geography knows that, so I doubt it would be deemed interesting enough
ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 24, 2022
Another fact: The Vatican is not the least populated capital. Ngerulmud, Palau has only about 300 people.
peardestroyer
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Level 57
May 30, 2022
already a fact
ooftownroad
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Level 61
Jun 17, 2022
where?
Flash7
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Level 28
Jul 11, 2022
ain't there somewhere in Wyoming with only a singular citizen!!!
LawnchairLarry
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Level 53
Jul 12, 2022
It is in Nebraska, look up Monowi.
FreeStater
+1
Level 67
Aug 13, 2023
Buford, but it became a ghost town in 2012.
tetraaa
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Level 33
May 25, 2022
Another fact: Formosa is the name of a province in Argentina. Part of the province is directly on the other side of the world from Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, which was historically named Formosa.

https://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/antipode-map/taipei

ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 26, 2022
Another fact: The westernmost point of china is closer to Germany, Italy, Ethiopia, and Svalbard, than it is to China's easternmost point

Source: Google Maps

JetPunker180
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Level 54
May 31, 2022
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bostjan
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Level 72
May 26, 2022
Fun Fact #775B - China burns more coal than eats it. Betcha wouldn't have guessed that!
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Jul 5, 2022
Fun Fact #775C - China burns more coal than drinks it.

Fun Fact #775D - China burns more coal than wears it

Fun Fact #775E - China burns more coal that takes selfies of it too.

ImNotAmerican
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Level 38
Aug 31, 2022
Fun Fact #775F - China burns more coal than uses it as a TV remote.

Fun Fact #775G - China burns more coal than uses it to make a computer.

Fun Fact #775H - China burns more coal than uses it to make soap.

SirPhilippines
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Level 65
May 31, 2022
When you get salmonella poisoning from cookie dough, it usually doesn't come from the egg, but the flour.
JohnnyYeet
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Level 57
Jun 7, 2022
You are twice as likely in the United States to die during a gender reveal party than from a shark. In 2021, there were two deaths attributed to shark attacks, but four attributed to gender reveals.
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 15, 2022
So what about other years? Like 2020
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 8, 2022
Fun fax:The country with the lowest population density and highest population density is next to each other in alphabetical order
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 15, 2022
here’s like a little more to it, the most densely populated city and country both starts with M, Manila and Monaco)I really couldn’t find what’s the least densely populated city)
tetraaa
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Level 33
Jun 27, 2022
Mongolia and Monaco?
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jul 4, 2022
ye
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Jul 5, 2022
Fun Fax : it's spelt facts
YouLoveEagle
+1
Level 50
Jul 6, 2022
Fun Fax: you misspelled your fax too
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Jul 9, 2022
If anyone used fax anymore I'd have faxed it but since no-one does I have to settle for commenting the word Fax
JohnnyYeet
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Level 57
Jun 8, 2022
Mozambican politician and humanitarian Graça Machel has been the first lady of two different countries. She was the first lady of Mozambique during her marriage to President Samora Machel from 1975-1986, and then of South Africa from 1998-1999, while married to President Nelson Mandela.
Speere
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Level 55
Jun 9, 2022
It is already a fact
ElementalPixel
+1
Level 68
Jun 24, 2022
No it isn't...?
JetPunker180
+1
Level 54
Oct 27, 2022
btw it is a fact
JetPunker180
+1
Level 54
Oct 27, 2022
btw it is a fact
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Jun 9, 2022
There are at least 15 treaties of Paris and there are dozens more. Can't find the exact number. But there's a lot
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Jun 11, 2022
Wikipedia says 46. Wow!
Geographystar
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Level 67
Jun 9, 2022
Kim Jong-un is the 5th youngest currently serving head of state.
RipRed
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Level 34
Jun 11, 2022
The population of Imperial Rome was so big, no other city passed in population until London in the 1800’s

Credit: Smithsonian Magazine

Geographystar
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Level 67
Jun 11, 2022
Even if mainland Australia was an island, it would still only the 8th most populous.
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Jun 17, 2022
Sir Francis Drake claimed a part of California for England, but left without establishing a colony. Not too significant, but interesting

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albion

LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Jun 17, 2022
There are NO Rivers in Saudi Arabia
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Jul 5, 2022
There are no rivers in Bahamas, Bahrain, Comoros, Kiribati, Kuwait, the Maldives, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Oman, Qatar, Tonga, Tuvalu, the UAE, or Yemen either.

That means that every country on the Arabian Peninsula has no rivers.

ooftownroad
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Level 61
Jun 17, 2022
some cool facts:

1. Kangaroo Mice do not need to drink water (natgeo)

2. All mammals have the same number of vertebrates except for manatees and sloths. (various websites)

3. Minnesota has more shoreline than florida, california, and hawaii combined (natgeo)

4. Shemomechama" is a Georgian word meaning "I accidentally ate the whole thing (bbc)

5. Frank hayes was a jockey who passed away due to a heart attack whilst on his horse, who won the race.

JohnnyYeet
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Level 57
Jun 19, 2022
Of the 30 fastest 100 meter sprint times, 21 were run by athletes who tested positive for Performance-Enhancing drugs. The other 9 were all run by Usain Bolt.
ooftownroad
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Level 61
Jun 22, 2022
how about this: Asia is home to the country with the lowest average elevation,(Maldives) and the highest elevation, (Bhutan)the lowest elevation,(Dead Sea) and the highest? (Mt. Everest)
LuigiDood227
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Level 64
Jun 23, 2022
But Asia is also the biggest continent so not that surprising
imb0916
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Level 28
Jun 30, 2022
Does this mean Usain Bolt used performance enhancing drugs
ooftownroad
+1
Level 61
Jun 22, 2022
In illinois, it is illegal to go fishing while riding a giraffe
ooftownroad
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Level 61
Jun 22, 2022
in Quitman, Georgia, it is illegal to let your chicken cross the road
YouLoveEagle
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Level 50
Jun 26, 2022
so why didn’t the chicken cross the road in Quitman, Georgia? Because it was illegal

ha, totally funny

McKenzieFam
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Level 63
Jul 5, 2022
In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to shoot someone while wearing a bulletproof vest.

It is also illegal to shoot someone while wearing jeans, a raincoat, a spacesuit or nothing, because it is illegal to shoot someone.

imb0916
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Level 28
Jun 25, 2022
The sovereign military order of Malta (not to be confused with the republic of Malta) is a country that is literally recognized by 107 countries (and the UN and EU) but does not have any land!
YouLoveEagle
+1
Level 50
Jun 26, 2022
a fact that you never remember in your life ever again: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei is the longer NAZI name
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Dec 4, 2022
Give the radical feminists another generation or two and we'll get that AI success rate down to 50%
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