Interesting Facts - Page 60

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The U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six was not the sixth SEAL team. At the time there were only two. The name was chosen to confuse the Soviets.
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Between 1908 and 1940, it was possible to buy a house in the Sears Catalog. The materials needed for building the house would be delivered, with assembly required on site. Over 70,000 homes were built this way.
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The Tunguska event was an incident in 1908 where 2,000 square kilometers of Siberian forest were flattened by a huge explosion. It is thought to have been caused by an asteroid impact, and if so would be the largest such event in recorded history. Only two deaths were reported.
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NBA teams have been a great investment for NBA owners. In 2014, Donald Sterling sold the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion. He purchased the team for just $12.5 million in 1981. That means the value of the team appreciated at over 24% per year.
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There are over 5000 people in the United States whose first name is "Unique".
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Level 59
May 16, 2019
Unique is a weird name.
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Level 46
May 21, 2019
So is the name, brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116.
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Level 46
May 23, 2019
Also pronounced... Albin
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Level 60
Oct 11, 2022
Hey, that was mother's name!
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Level 19
Aug 27, 2019
Well, that’s a Unique Name.
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Level 58
May 31, 2021
Just a thought... Do they mean they are named Unique, or that there are no other Americans with their specific given name?
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Level 60
Jan 3, 2022
Because it’s capitalized, and in quotes, i think it means Unique is the name…
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Level 42
Mar 19, 2022
Yes. I wonder if somebody is named common?

Maybe Myparentsdidntknowsotheynamedmethisname?

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Level 27
Mar 14, 2023
I am probably the only person here who actually knows one of them.
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Level 63
Mar 11, 2024
#300 is ironic

sorry I mean 'unique'

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Level 33
Oct 26, 2019
There are many Unique Unique people in the US.

Who names themselves Unique?

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Level 89
Nov 16, 2019
How about Unique Lee?
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Level 67
May 26, 2020
Unique from Glee.
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Level 89
Nov 16, 2019
I could see $2 billion for the Lakers and hmm...meh maybe $12½ million for the Clippers.
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Level 59
Apr 8, 2020
The ironic thing is that means Unique is not a unique name, so all those people that are named Unique are actually, not unique in that way.
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Level 78
Aug 28, 2020
You are unique in having realized the irony.
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Level 37
Mar 12, 2021
Actually most people probably did too. So by that, do you mean the name Unique which isn't unique or the actual adjective?
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Level 51
Apr 27, 2021
I'm unique for saying this unique fact I told you this because there was a unique fact on this page about the name Unique.
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Level 53
Sep 24, 2021
Unique doesn't feel like a real word anymore since I've read it so much
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Level 46
Sep 21, 2020
I have a friend whose first name is unique....Because he was born on 29th Feb
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Level 59
Sep 21, 2020
He’s LEVELS above the other Uniques
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Level 51
Dec 16, 2020
everyone is talking about Unique
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Level 46
Apr 22, 2021
sears stopped sellings houses in 1940? i thought it was way later