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Interesting Facts - Page 171

851
A worker ant only sleeps for about one minute at a time, taking about 250 "power naps" per day.
852
Adidas and Puma were formed when two German brothers (Adolf and Rudolf Dassler) had a feud and broke their shoe company into two parts.
853
In India, about 1 in 270 deaths are caused by snakebites.
854
Starbucks coffee has about 2.5 times as much caffeine as Red Bull and 8 times as much as Coca-Cola.
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At the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, some Washington D.C. residents, including congressmen and their families, brought picnic lunches to watch the First Battle of Bull Run, expecting a quick Northern victory. When the Northern troops were routed, the panicked civilians were forced to flee back to Washington. The southern newspapers called this event "The Great Skedaddle".
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Quizmaster
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Apr 21, 2023
Credit @JetPunker180 for #851

Credit @cheesegrater for #852

thegoatisgoaty
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Apr 21, 2023
855 is crazy
FreeStater
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Apr 21, 2023
In 1897, a bill was proposed in the Indiana House of Representatives to set Pi as 3.2.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 21, 2023
Despite making up only 0.3% of the population, four U.S presidents have been Unitarian.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 21, 2023
This makes them the only presidents to not be Christian, though both Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson were noted as religious skeptics. Jefferson even revised a bible to exclude any "supernatural" occurrences.
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Apr 27, 2023
Meh. Obama was Muslim.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 27, 2023
No… he's a Satanist.
Quizmaster
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May 7, 2023
Guys stop believing in conspiracy theories. As everyone who isn't a Fox News watcher knows, Obama is a Scientologist. That's why he took the oath of office with his right hand on a copy of "Dianetics".
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 63
May 9, 2023
Eh, politics destroy people than help them.
FreeStater
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Apr 21, 2023
When Nevada was admitted as a state in 1864, it had a little less than 10,000 people. This was to secure three electoral votes for Lincoln in that year's presidential elections (though he still won, easily).
Neodymium
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Level 59
Apr 21, 2023
Look at that year's popular vote.
DawnX
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May 22, 2023
The current least populous county in Nevada, Esmeralda (current population 729) was once the most populous county in Nevada with a population of over 9000. Additionally, its county seat Goldfield's population once peaked at over 20000 (current population 225)
Neodymium
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Apr 21, 2023
1. 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.

2. Sauerkrout was renamed Liberty Cabbage during WW1 in the United States, to be less German.

4. The Anglo-Zanzibar War lasted 38-45 minutes.

5. The American National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, has 3 extra stanzas that aren't sung. The German National Anthem is somewhat similar.

7. 24 Elements are man-made (out of 118). More could be possible.

9. Taiwan has border disputes with many countries that it doesn't border (being an island), since it claims the entirety of the Qing Dynasty.

McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Apr 22, 2023
Fact : Neo can't spell sauerkraut
Neodymium
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Apr 24, 2023
Sowerkrowt

Sewercrouch

Selling Couch

Sour Candy

IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Sep 23, 2023
Sour grapes
Neodymium
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Level 59
Apr 27, 2023
10. Adidas comes from the name of it's founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler
Neodymium
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Apr 21, 2023
Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik

Dassler Brother Shoe Factory. As in |Adi Das|sler.

As in Adolf Dassler.

Zzineohp
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Level 56
Apr 23, 2023
Coincidence? I think not.
Neodymium
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Level 59
Apr 26, 2023
Its not.
Zzineohp
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Level 56
Apr 27, 2023
It almost makes you believe that, right?
Neodymium
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Level 59
Apr 27, 2023
It isn't lol.
JohnnyYeet
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Apr 21, 2023
With the Oakland Athletics' relocation to Las Vegas, Oakland has now lost all three of its professional sports teams in less than five years. A's and Raiders to Las Vegas, and Warriors to San Francisco.
FreeStater
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Apr 21, 2023
U.S. coins once came in half cent, two cent, three cent, and twenty cent denominations.
Xtrordinary
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Apr 22, 2023
The object 1995 GJ has an uncertainty distance from the sun of 160 trillion kilometers or around 1000000 astronomical units.

The object also has an eccentricity of 0.09 ± 771.

The object also has an velocity of 16 km/s though its uncertainty is ±238000 km/s or about 80% the speed of light

Xtrordinary
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Level 59
Apr 22, 2023
(392741) 2012 SQ31 was an object that was originally thought to be part of the Kuiper Belt but was actually an object in the Asteroid belt, a similar object is 2010 GZ60
sssaaa
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Apr 23, 2023
John F. Kennedy could read around 1,200 words per minute. For context, the reading speed for a normal person is 200-250 words per minute.
ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Apr 27, 2023
So skeptical
Quizmaster
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May 7, 2023
Kind of like when George Washington threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River.
ItsLiamHere
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Apr 24, 2023
Fact: If all ants were to pile up in 1 flat plain, it would be as big as the entire state of Minnesota!

And, if it were to pile up into 1 giant ball, it would be as wide and tall as 860 meters!

FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 24, 2023
Closer to South Dakota or Kyrgyzstan, really. But still a cool fact.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 24, 2023
Winfield Scott was commanding general of the army from Tyler to Lincoln's term.
FreeStater
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Apr 24, 2023
Saudi Arabia has no legislature, and is the only country in the world not to have one. While it does maintain a "consultative assembly," it is not elected by the people, and exists solely to advise the king and his cabinet.
WilderA
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Level 52
Apr 25, 2023
If you were to slap your hand down on a table, there is a really, really small chance that all of the molecules in your hand will miss the molecules in the table and your hand will pass clean through.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Sep 23, 2023
I've done that.

Twice.

McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Dec 25, 2023
How long did it take to get your arm out again?
FreeStater
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Apr 25, 2023
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, but the second-last to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
FreeStater
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Apr 26, 2023
The Constitution of Alabama was, at one point, the longest in the world. It boasted 977 separate amendments, and was fifty-one times the length of the U.S. Constitution. However, it was replaced with a much more concise version in 2022.

Some of my favorites include:

- Organization and Promotion of Shrimp and Seafood Industry

- Bingo Games in Town of White Hall

- Fire Protection or Garbage and Trash Disposal Districts in Tuscaloosa County

FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 26, 2023
And for those wondering, eighteen different amendments dealt with bingo games in different places.
potatopierogi
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Level 68
Jul 14, 2023
Now that's interesting!
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 26, 2023
Disney and Nike share the same chairman.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 27, 2023
Joe Biden was alive during WWII.
Zzineohp
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Level 56
Apr 27, 2023
Fun Fact: Old Person is old (over 80 years old)😲😲😲
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Sep 23, 2023
Fun fact: Almost everyone has met someone born before August 14, 1945.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 27, 2023
0! = 1.
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Apr 29, 2023
Seriously?

Any number except 1 != 1

FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 29, 2023
I really hope you're trolling.
sssaaa
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May 3, 2023
For context, n! means that the numbers before it are multiplied together along with the number

(E.g. 6! means 6x5x4x3x2x1)

McKenzieFam
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Level 64
May 6, 2023
I was using programmer logic, where != means does not equal.
FreeStater
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Level 68
May 6, 2023
You program, McKenzie?
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
May 19, 2023
mhm
FreeStater
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Level 68
Jun 12, 2023
Anything specifically? Perhaps an app to test?
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Jul 8, 2023
Not yet. Thinking about one for truckers to use when dealing with over size or overweight loads and what routes to drive
FreeStater
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Apr 28, 2023
The State of Missouri once issued $4.50 banknotes.
FreeStater
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Apr 28, 2023
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the exact same day.
Neodymium
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May 5, 2023
Day or Date?
FreeStater
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Apr 29, 2023
Bolivia is the only country with three official national flags.
DawnX
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Level 51
May 22, 2023
El Salvador has a regular, civil and governmental flag
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 29, 2023
Pennsylvania owned Delaware until 1776.
FreeStater
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Level 68
Apr 29, 2023
Nobody knows if the Illuminati still exists.
Xtrordinary
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Level 59
May 4, 2023
Well if it still exists, then wouldn't a member of the Illuminati know it?
Zzineohp
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Level 56
May 5, 2023
But if they don't exist, then no one does. Therefore, we can conclude that it does not exist.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
Apr 30, 2023
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, Kale, Cabbage, and Kohlrabi are part of the same species of plant.
PastaPeople
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Level 54
Apr 30, 2023
Iceland grows about 5 centimetres every year because of tectonic plate movement
FreeStater
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Level 68
May 1, 2023
During the 19th Century, there was a serious movement to switch English over to a phonetic-spelling system.

(Here's a book written like so. See if you can read it.)

Neodymium
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Level 59
May 1, 2023
Not too hard, read it with a little difficulty
TheCoolcaden26
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Level 16
May 1, 2023
The word "Bonobo", a common name for apes, actually comes from a misspelling. According to researchers, the apes were first found in Bolobo, Zaire in the 1920's, but a shipping crate with the animals in it had a typo which replaced the "L" with an "N". The name stuck and now we have the word we use today.
FreeStater
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Level 68
May 2, 2023
Did that OrangeTrump guy get banned?
Neodymium
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Level 59
May 2, 2023
I hope
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 7, 2023
Yes
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Jul 23, 2023
Wow
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Jul 23, 2023
Now what about this guy? #ostracizationcrossshadowban
Lightning10
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Level 15
Jul 23, 2023
Um maybe not ostracization banning him/her/them but asking them to clean up their commenting etiquette? Getting annoying
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
Jul 24, 2023
Oof you're right that comment was overly harsh. My apologies
Pyzzeen
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May 2, 2023
Over three times as many people died when a tank of molasses burst in Boston than in the Great London Fire.
SirPhilippines
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Level 65
May 2, 2023
The “Euthanasia Coaster” was a proposal of a coaster to literally EUTHANIZE its passengers.
FreeStater
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Level 68
May 2, 2023
Super crazy stuff. The inventor wanted people to be exposed to so much G-Force they would pass out and block oxygen to the brain. He also used the word "execute" in his design papers.
SirPhilippines
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May 2, 2023
Also Quizmaster, as I have seen you’ve commented more on comments, what types of facts should I (and anyone else) should post, and what stuff should we not post as a proposal for interesting facts?
Quizmaster
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May 7, 2023
Things that are interesting, have not been posted before, and most importantly are TRUE and verifiable with a legit source and not some random website.
FreeStater
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May 4, 2023
The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to areas under Confederate military control—as such, it was legal for New Orleans and Tennessee residents to keep their slaves.
Neodymium
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Level 59
May 5, 2023
& Border States and DC
ooftownroad
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Level 61
May 4, 2023
A and S are the only letters that have a country on every continent starting with that letter
PastaPeople
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Level 54
May 6, 2023
There aren't any countries in Antarctica
FreeStater
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May 4, 2023
In the 1860's, three executives in the U.S. Treasury decided to put their own faces on the bills. The ensuing controversy gave rise to the tradition of only putting dead people on bank notes.
FreeStater
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May 5, 2023
In 1947, a Georgia Senator proposed admitting England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as states, in order to repay the aid given during WWII. Britain politely responded by pointing out that Georgia still owed them debts from the Civil War.
FreeStater
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Level 68
May 5, 2023
Every U.S. president, at one point or another, lost some sort of election.
Quizbyquiz
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Level 43
May 10, 2023
Fun fact, there are more Minecraft Accounts than books on the planet.
McKenzieFam
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Level 64
May 19, 2023
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