Interesting Facts - Page 164

I don't know if this one would have to be split into two facts.

"Jean Reno was to have played Agent Smith in the Matrix films, but ultimately refused. Lambert Wilson, who played the Merovingian in the Matrix films, was chosen by Albert Broccoli to take over the role of James Bond after Roger Moore."

There is a hill in Australia that translates to “Where the Devil Urinates”

Russia has a strip of land surrounded on 2 sides by water that is only 70 meters across

Excluding those lake things, Moldova is only 5 feet from the sea

46.37713980573053, 30.095748707377496

Despite sharing the longest border in the world, the United States and Canada only share one border on an island: Currys Island in Lake of the Woods

The United States has a panhandle near Angle Inlet that is only 18 feet across

Serbia has a panhandle near Bosnia that is less than 100 feet across

43.597828, 19.272145

The election of 2016 was not just Trump vs. Clinton, at least in the electoral college. Thanks to faithless electors, seven people received electoral votes that year, including one for the Libertarian candidate.

Belgium has an enclave in The Netherlands that is 0.001 Square Miles. 51.448404, 4.836186

The US accidentally dropped an atomic bomb over South Carolina in 1958, but luckily it didn't explode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Mars_Bluff_B-47_nuclear_weapon_loss_incident

The “Waffle House Index” is an unofficial index used by FEMA to measure disaster response using the status of a Waffle House (A 24/7 breakfast chain in America) nearby. Green means that the Waffle House is open, which means damage nearby is very little to nil. Yellow means that Waffle House is using a limited menu, usually during power outages and food shortages. Red means it’s closed, which means that damage around it is very severe. Usually they only close in cases like Hurricane Katrina, where Waffle Houses only closed because there was none. The reason is the reason that Waffle House stays open, even in extreme weather conditions.

French Fries and French Toast were shortly renamed to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast after France voiced their lack of support for the invasion of Iraq. 33% Percent of Americans said they believed the change was patriotic.

From 1915 to 1944, the state with the most Klansmen was Indiana.

The Tower of Terror attraction in Disney World is 199 feet tall, because if it was 200+, Disney would have to add airplane beacons there. They didn't want to ruin the sense of immersion.

Norway, Sweden, and Finland collectively control about 76% of the world's islands.

i can't be the first person to ask but could you add sources for all the Interesting Facts you put up? both as general good internet practice and so we can read more about them

John Tyler was buried with a Confederate flag. He was the only president to be buried with a flag not of the United States.

Excluding temporary populations and the uninhabited, the least populated first-level subdivision is Hatohobei, Palau, with 25 people.

The SPT Airboat Line was America's first airline (and if you don't count European zeppelin lines, the world's.) During its short 1914 service, it made a 23-mile trip across the bay from Tampa to St. Petersburg. Sporting a fleet of three planes, you could pay $5 (~$130 today) to take the 23-minute trip.

In total, 172 flights were served to 1,205 passengers.

Goats have accents

James Buchanan fought at the Battle of Fort McHenry, the same battle to inspire the national anthem.

Zagreb is the only capital city to start with Z. It’s also the only one to end in B.

Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt are the only presidents to appear five times on a national ticket.

Uyghurs in China and Ahmadis in Pakistan are legally banned from naming their children Muhammad.

Bratislava is the only capital to border two countries

Abraham Lincoln won less than 1,500 votes in Kentucky in 1860.

There are more American counties named for Ben Franklin than Abraham Lincoln.

A few last veterans, verified accounts only.

American Revolution - John Gray (d. 1868)

Napoleonic Wars - Geert Boomgaard (d. 1899)

War of 1812 - Hiram Cronk (d. 1905)

Mexican-American War - Owen Edgar (d. 1929)

Civil War - Albert Woolson (d. 1956)

WWI - Florence Green (d. 2012)

Technically speaking, the city of Paris has 18 mayors in office at any given time.

The area of Bangladesh is 115x smaller than that of Russia, but it has a population of 172 million - almost 30 million more than Russia's.

As for #817, you may have to zoom in, but Benin seems to claim a long stretch of coastline directly south of Togo!