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In the 1950s, it was common for American shoe stores to use X-Ray machines to check shoe fit.

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Only about 10% of people who enter Navy SEAL training will succeed on becoming Navy SEALs. People who fail will often be assigned to highly undesirable posts within the regular Navy.

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"Mount Rushmore Syndrome" is the phenomenon where a government, when faced with budget cuts, will cut the most visible and popular parts of its budget instead of reducing waste.

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Julio Iglesias Sr (grandfather of singer Enrique) is the 7th oldest man to conceive a child. He was 90 years old. Sadly, he would die of old age before his daughter, Ruth, was born. Ruth is 31 years younger than her nephew Enrique.

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Captain Crunch, one of the first hackers, was so-named because he figured out that the toy whistles which came in Captain Crunch cereal could be used to make free phone calls. The specific frequency that the whistles emitted put AT&T phone lines into operator mode.

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Sep 28, 2022

Its illegal to let your chicken cross the road in Quitman, Georgia

Source: https://www.lifetimesolicitors.co.uk/10-interesting-world-laws/

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Sep 29, 2022

Question: How do you make categories on quizzes, or "sections?"

Level 15

Nov 3, 2022

uhh this is the facts place dude not the ask JP anything place

Level 61

Nov 30, 2022

There should be an ask page

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Feb 26, 2023

You could ask on the changelog

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Feb 26, 2023

https://www.jetpunk.com/info/jetpunk-change-log

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Dec 14, 2022

if you use a mobile device i can’t help you, but ik how to do it on computer

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Sep 29, 2022

The South Park episodes "200" and "201" were both nominated for Emmies, despite only airing on television once. Context: 200 hinted at showing the prophet Muhammad in 201, but Muslim terrorists threatened Comedy Central if they were to air it. So, they censored all appearances of Muhammad in the episode, and also banned both episodes from re-airing.

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Sep 30, 2022

they actually did release an unedited form of 201 which can be pretty easily found on the internet.

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Oct 2, 2022

The "qwerty" keyboard layout was invented in the 1870's.

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Oct 3, 2022

7% of all potatoes produced in the US become McDonalds French Fries

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Oct 18, 2022

wow

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Dec 14, 2022

ba da bap ba da (i’m lovin it)

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Oct 6, 2022

I don't know if this has already been done and it's not so much a fact, more of an observation but the words loosen and unloosen mean the same thing

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Oct 9, 2022

Same with genius and ingenious, and flammable and inflammable

Level 60

Oct 12, 2022

In the case with ingenious, it means (at least how I’m familiar with it) genius doing bad or sly things. Sort of like infamous

Level 56

Oct 17, 2022

That's not at all true, where did you hear that?

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Oct 7, 2022

The only UN recognised capital that has a consecutive "ea" is Dominica's capital, Roseau.

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Oct 11, 2022

It’s not an JP 196 or UN capital, but maybe this

Level 53

Oct 11, 2022

You got me

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Oct 12, 2022

Rick roll? No thank you.

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Oct 12, 2022

Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, once missed an urgent flight back in 2001, and despite his best attempts to convince the officials to let him board, he wasn't allowed in. That same plane would later crash into one of the Twin Towers.

So, had Seth not overslept and missed his flight to New York that day, Family Guy would not exist.

Level 56

Oct 17, 2022

hehehehehe hey lois

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Oct 18, 2022

Congrats on getting a fact in interesting facts!

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Oct 12, 2022

From 1957 to 1962, roughly a third of the US was closed to Soviet citizens. Only eight states were accessible in their entirety, including Oregon, Wyoming, Utah, North Carolina, Arkansas, Vermont, Missouri, and Mississippi