Interesting Facts - Page 24

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Coal mining and coal pollution have caused far more deaths than nuclear energy - even accounting for the people who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Between 2000 and 2022, solar energy production in the U.S. increased by about 30% per year – a total increase of over 29,000%.

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Many names that we today consider to be female names were once common male names. Examples include Evelyn, Meredith, and Vivian.

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British author Evelyn Waugh was married to a woman whose name was also Evelyn.

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Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name was Roosevelt. She was distantly related to her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Jul 7, 2018

Hiroshima and Nagasaki have nothing to do with nuclear energy.

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May 18, 2019

Well, why were they called nuclear bombs, huh?

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Apr 5, 2021

Pessimism they were not called nuclear bombs

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May 29, 2019

it's nuclear energy being released all at once instead of being stored for later use.

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Mar 9, 2020

Oh my God

Level 75

Apr 14, 2020

It's just a way of emphasising the point, don't take it too much to heart.

Level 89

Sep 24, 2018

Inbreeding's legal in New York.

Level 56

Dec 6, 2018

Rode the Chinatown Bus, did you?

Level 89

Dec 10, 2018

Saw Guliani say he thought his wife was his third cousin, not his second, when he married her. Like....dude....

Level 78

Nov 30, 2020

Third cousin is a pretty distant relationship, it just means that one of your great-great grandparents is the same. There probably isn't much of an elevated risk of genetic problems in the offspring if the two parents are only third cousins.

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Nov 6, 2018

Evelyn Waugh's first name was Arthur, even if he went by Evelyn in his writing. So it's supposed to be like this:

Arthur Evelyn Waugh married a woman called Evelyn.

Though I agree that's not so interesting, you gotta be accurate.

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Dec 10, 2018

Kris Kristofferson and Janis Joplin both let someone named Bobby McGee slip away, one a woman, one a man.

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Feb 16, 2019

Cars have killed more Japanese too..what’s your point?

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Apr 14, 2020

What's yours?

Level 43

May 29, 2020

Coal and nuclear are forms of energy. Cars are not related to nuclear energy.

Level 55

Nov 3, 2020

now, how about 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 cars?

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Jan 13, 2021

Lol

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Sep 25, 2022

0 to 60 in 0.000002 seconds.

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Oct 11, 2022

Car crashes would not only take out a few cars, it would take out the whole city

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Apr 29, 2019

In 2018 Solar Power accounted for 2% of US electrical power production, .......(.https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=electricity_in_the_united_states`)

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May 1, 2020

I didn't know Franklin was from _Alabama_

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May 29, 2020

_Alabama_

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_Alabama_

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_Alaska_

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_Arizona_

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- Arkansas-

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_California_

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_Colorado_

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May 28, 2021

_What's with the double underscores_

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Jun 3, 2021

_Connecticut_ _I don't know_

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Aug 28, 2021

_ _ _ + 10 Psalm 90, verse 10: "The days of our years are three score and ten."

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Feb 1, 2022

_Delaware_

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_xXFloridaXx_

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_Florida_

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_Georgia_

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_Idaho_

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_Illinois_

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_Indiana_

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_Iowa_

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__Kansas__ oh yeah and __Hawaii__

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_washington_

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_West_Virginia_

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Jun 13, 2021

What about the names Chris, Pat, Terry, Kelly?

Level 70

Jun 25, 2021

Chris, Pat and Terry are shortenings of different names that happen to begin the same. Chris = Christopher / Christine, Pat = Patrick / Patricia, Terry = Terence / Theresa. I have never heard of Kelly being used as a masculine name.

Level 71

Aug 28, 2021

Kelly Slater (surfer) / Kelly Pavlik (boxer) / Kelly Stinnett (baseballer) / Kelly Wolf (politician) etc etc etc

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Dec 11, 2022

SWEET HOME ALABAMA

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Mar 8, 2024

Fact 119. Great opportunity for some class leading pedantry here. The marriage between the two Evelyns was annulled in 1936. An annulment posits that a valid marriage never existed. Thus Evelyn Waugh was never married to Evelyn Gardner.