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It is estimated that 80% of the animals alive on Earth are nematodes, also known as roundworms

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There is a mid-sized city in Turkey named Batman. It has nothing to do with bats or superheroes.

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Some of the most famous stories in The Arabian Nights weren't in the original collection. The stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba were folk tales added by Frenchman Antoine Galland in the 1700s

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The story of Aladdin is supposed to take place in China, not the Middle East, even though many details of the story don't really make sense in a Chinese setting

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The Labrador Retriever has been the most popular dog breed in the United States every year since 1991.

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Level 34

Mar 16, 2019

Turkish people must really be oblivious to any English, then.

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Level 72

May 29, 2019

or it was named at a time when there was little to no english in the region and far before the comic book hero was invented.

Level 60

May 12, 2021

It was named in 1957 after the river Batman, which was likely named in the 19th century as a shortening of the Bati Raman mountain nearby.

Level 79

Nov 26, 2019

Are there supposed to be full stops at the end of Facts 141 to 144?

Level 79

Mar 5, 2020

I think there should be.

Level 68

Jun 2, 2020

Yeah. I was going to comment on that.

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Level 71

Jul 31, 2020

'JackintheBox' wins the 'Golden Nitpick' award for Nov. 2019. ........ Congratulations!

Level 65

Jan 20, 2021

WOOHOO

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Level 67

Feb 18, 2020

Regarding Alladin, it's supposed, in the 1001 nights, to be in a kingdom that would be today in the western muslim part of China (of turkish influenced culture). So it make more sense than the eastern mandarin chinese culture we picture. However in the movie, Disney sure pictured it in the middle east (which actually is not very far from western china)

Level 29

Sep 26, 2020

Regarding spelling tests...

Level 73

Jul 23, 2021

The movie took place in India, not the Middle East.

Level 82

Aug 8, 2022

Actually, the idea that it's supposed to be set in Western China is only one, disputed modern interpretation. Another is that "China" here is just used in a then current Arab colloquial sense that simply conjures up anywhere far away and distant. The truth is we don't really know - the allusion to China occurs only at the very beginning and then is not repeated. There are also references to the Maghreb, which is very far from China. Most of the text is consistent with a Middle Eastern setting.

Level 63

Apr 3, 2020

Didn't the citizens of Batman sue Warner Bros when they made Batman?

Level 59

Sep 9, 2020

Probably the other way around, if it’s Warner Bros.

Level 62

Jun 23, 2023

Nope, look it up. WB was accused of using the name without permission by the mayor of Batman in 2008. It's a wacky world we live in.

Level 48

Dec 3, 2021

Batman was made in 1939, The city of Batman was renamed in 1957

Level 69

Jul 3, 2020

Melbourne, Australia was briefly called Batmania in its early history, in honour of one of its founders, John Batman.

Level 71

Jan 30, 2021

If his name had been John Wrestle the city would have been 'Wrestlemania'

Level 69

Sep 26, 2023

And there's still reference to him in places like Batman Hill, Batman Park, an electoral division of Batman, plus a tonne of streets named after him. Also a bridge is Tassie. However - in the case of John Batman, it's pronounce Bateman.

Level 85

Jan 28, 2024

#145: The AKC reported in 2023: "For the first time since 1991, the Labrador Retriever is not in the top spot, usurped by the French Bulldog, who was at the number two spot in 2021." (They have not yet reported on 2023.)

https://www.akc.org/most-popular-breeds/