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According to legend, the city of Lisbon was founded by the Greek hero Odysseus.

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Ireland still has a lower population today than it did in the 1800s before the Irish Potato Famine.

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About 25% of people born in Ireland in the 1800s immigrated to the United States.

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Only six deaths were recorded in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

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Life expectancy in Glasgow is seven years lower than UK average. While there are many hypotheses for the "Glasgow effect", there is no definitive explanation.

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Level 70

Dec 10, 2018

why is there only one fact on this

Level 60

Dec 16, 2018

They’ll find more.

Level 28

Jan 2, 2019

if you want to contact me for more facts, i can give you a few

Level 75

Dec 21, 2020

What's your phone number please?

Level 50

Jun 25, 2022

If your telling the guy above this comment your phone number, might as well tell me too

Level 62

Sep 16, 2019

6 in 1666. London = devil am i right?

Level 71

Feb 29, 2020

No, it should be 616

Level 89

Mar 7, 2020

36!

36 factorial, that is.

Level 79

Apr 9, 2020

No, the Great Fire is.

Level 58

Dec 26, 2019

Re: 178. I think it is supposed to be immigrated, not emigrated.

Level ∞

Dec 27, 2019

Okay

Level 75

Feb 14, 2020

Disagree, even though it tells us where they went to, the sentence is phrased more like they are leaving somewhere (emigrating) rather than arriving somewhere (immigrating).

Just "migrated" would be fine to stop any further pedantry!

Level 79

May 14, 2020

No you had it correct the first time with emigrated. The perspective of the subject in the sentence (people born in Ireland) is the important part and their action was to leave their country (emigrate). From the perspective of someone already in the USA, that would represent immigration to your country, but you are not the subject of the sentence!

Level 40

Mar 12, 2023

No, it's emigration. Trust me, I live in Ireland and get taught about the famine and emigration every year.

Level 84

Mar 31, 2020

Number 179: Even though only six deaths were recorded, the fire probably killed many more. But nobody really cared about poor people and press buildings have been burned down so that nobody could report properly.

Level 67

Sep 28, 2020

#180 - Deep Fried Mars Bars

Level 63

Jun 16, 2021

I think #179 is highly controversial. Many people think that nearly all the deaths were unrecorded and think the actual estimates are like one hundred deaths.

Please correct me if I am wrong though.

Level 71

Jun 25, 2021

"Only six deaths were recorded in the Great Fire of London in 1666"

The fact isn't talking about how many people died, it's talking about how many deaths were recorded.

Level 30

Feb 29, 2024

Crazy how Ireland never regained their population after the Great Potato Famine.