Interesting Facts - Page 94

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We didn't know about the existence of other galaxies until 1924.

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Ulysses Grant ran for a third, nonconsecutive, term in 1880 but lost in the primary to James Garfield.

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The Oh-My-God particle was traveling at 99.99999999999999999999951% the speed of light when it was detected in 1991. Despite being a subatomic particle, it had an energy equivalent to a baseball being thrown at 58 miles per hour.

But what if, instead of being a single particle, it was a baseball? The answer: we wouldn't be standing here today. It would have vaporized the entire planet.

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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence.

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There is a Chinese poem, entitled "Shī-shì shí shī shǐ", that has 92 words - all of which are "shi". The poem is made comprehensible because Chinese is a tonal language - where the same word can be pronounced with many different tones. Supposedly, the poem makes much more sense in Cantonese than in Mandarin because Cantonese has more tones.

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Aug 10, 2020

Thanks to @JWatson24 for #469.

Level 18

Aug 11, 2020

Maybe...the german world for hello is the same in Afrikaans

Level 59

Mar 22, 2023

Afrikaans is a Germanic Language

Level 52

Aug 11, 2020

What does the buffalo sentence mean?

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Level 67

Aug 11, 2020

Something about bison bullying other bison from Buffalo, New York.

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Level 84

Aug 13, 2020

Buffalo bisons, (that other) Buffalo bisons bully, bully (other) Buffalo bisons.

Meaning, sadly, that there's some bad blood within the bison population up there in Buffalo.

Level 59

Aug 22, 2020

So basically Buffalo takes on 3 meanings in this sentence:

The city Buffalo(a)

The animal buffalo(b)

and the verb buffalo which means to decieve or intimidate(c)

in brackets[xyz] will be implied words.

Buffalo(a) buffalo(b) [that] Buffalo(a) buffalo(b) buffalo(c), buffalo(c) [other] Buffalo(a) buffalo(b)

Level 33

Sep 1, 2020

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

Level 77

Nov 9, 2020

I love that one, although it does require punctuation

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Aug 11, 2020

#471 Texas is bigger than the 7 countries of Central America combined, i.e. Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

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Apr 16, 2021

texas is bigger than france

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Jan 5, 2022

It may appear that Texas is bigger than France, but it is not due to the fact that Google doesn't include the territories (i.e. French Polynesia, French Guiana, St. Pierre & Miquelon, New Caledonia, et cetera) and so France is actually 10's of thousands of more square miles than Google says. France is also 10x more powerful than Texas, 10x more beautiful, and on a completely different continent. In many ways, France is bigger than Texas.

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Level 67

Jan 14, 2022

Okay, France.

Level 70

Apr 4, 2022

progeographer123 might have to get their title revoked, because even with overseas territories:

Texas = 695.662km²

France = 543.940km² + overseas territories 120.396km² = 664.336km²

Texas>France

Level 50

Jun 28, 2022

If we’re including exclusive economic zone though…

Level 56

Jan 25, 2023

@ ProGeographer233 Yeah, St. Pierre and Miquelon sure did add a lot of territory! I Think that that territory made all the difference.

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Aug 11, 2020

Coca Cola is originally green

Level 84

Aug 22, 2020

Talking about soda: Fanta was created by Nazi Germany when the US established a trade embargo, making nearly impossible the export of Coca-Cola syrup. However, its orange flavor and color were introduced until 1955 in Naples.

So, all in all, it could be argued that Fanta is the Nazi Coke :P

Level 20

Aug 28, 2020

Fanta? Why?

Level 46

May 5, 2021

tbh fanta>coke

Level 89

Jan 29, 2022

Myth. It's always been the same color. The glass bottles' curves appeared to have thick green highlights though.

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Aug 11, 2020

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Level 20

Aug 28, 2020

Big boom maths

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Mar 30, 2022

I one-der how someone calculated that

Level 39

May 28, 2022

Using a calculator, presumably.

Level 60

Dec 4, 2023

Their comment is just two make a pun, it wasn't really four asking

Level 50

Jun 28, 2022

Or their very big brain

Level 40

Aug 27, 2022

Just by doin' that thing you do.

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Aug 11, 2020

A snail can sleep for 3 years

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Jan 14, 2022

TIL I'm a snail.

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Aug 11, 2020

All polar bears are left handed

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Apr 18, 2021

Why?

Level 56

Jan 25, 2023

Because their left-"hand" is dominant

Level 89

Jan 29, 2022

You'd think they'd be north paws.

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Aug 11, 2020

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump

Level 74

Aug 28, 2020

You probably mean mammals. Pretty sure that fish, corals, snails etc. also can't jump.

Level 84

Aug 30, 2020

It's not even true for just mammals. Sloths, hippos and rhinos can't jump either.

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Sep 15, 2020

Basically all animal facts are made up.

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Mar 30, 2022

The only animal fact that isn't fake are artifacts.

Level 44

Aug 11, 2020

Selfies and vending machines are deadlier than sharks.

More people died from selfies and vending machines than sharks.

Let that sink in

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Aug 12, 2020

Haha good one

Level 75

Aug 24, 2020

More people die from coconuts falling on their heads than from shark attacks.

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Sep 15, 2020

Somehow I doubt that rigorous stats are being kept on this...

Level 75

Feb 12, 2022

Fair enough

Level 60

Dec 4, 2023

I read that as "More people die from coconuts falling on [the coconuts'] heads than from shark attacks."

Level 59

May 7, 2021

If people hung out with sharks as much as they took dangerous selfies or fought vending machines then that number would be a lot higher.

Level 40

Aug 27, 2022

Natural Selection.

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Level 68

Aug 12, 2020

St. John's, Newfoundland, is closer to Croatia than it is to Vancouver

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Level 68

Aug 12, 2020

The distance between St John's and Croatia is about 5048 km while the distance to Vancouver is about 6681 km.

Level 63

Apr 24, 2021

thats insane...

Level 71

May 16, 2022

The comparison is correct and super interesting, but your measurement from St. Johns to Vancouver is off-- it's just over 5000km, while to Croatia is just under... A related note could be that St. Johns is also closer to Russia (northern tip near Murmansk) than it is to Vancouver

Level 71

Aug 12, 2020

Thanks for putting up my fact Quizmaster! Another cool one: Tardigrades are microscopic animals related to arthropods. They are almost impossible to kill, being able to survive even in outer space and when exposed to extremely high amounts of radiation and pressure!

Level 44

Aug 12, 2020

The part that surprises me is that they're arthropods

Level 74

Aug 28, 2020

They are very easy to kill, they actually eat each other all the time. They are just imun against certain apocalyptic events.

Level 63

Nov 22, 2021

Tardigrades can't be killed by 'apocalyptic events' but can be killed by other tardigrades?

Level 68

Apr 30, 2022

Sounds a lot like humans

Level 60

Dec 4, 2023

Well, we do get killed by apocalyptic events too.

Level 40

Aug 27, 2022

I wonder if Keith Richards is a Tardigrade?

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Aug 14, 2020

Scientists genetically modified goats to spin spider silk from their udders.

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Aug 14, 2020

In 1960, a cow got hit by a chunk of falling U.S. satellite in Cuba.

Level 40

Aug 27, 2022

And thus, Smashburger was founded.

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Aug 18, 2020

The longest flight ever recorded, was not even the 9,500 mile trip from Newark to Singapore, or a guy who circumnavigated the world twice from Kansas to Kansas nonstop, it's a Cessna flight which lasted for 64 days long. It took off from December, 1954, and didn't land until February, 1955.

Level 63

Aug 18, 2020

Another long sentence is "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher."

Level 38

May 11, 2021

Its easier to understand with punctuation: James, while John had had had, had had had had. Had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

Level 60

Dec 4, 2023

Even better: James, while John had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

Level 44

Aug 18, 2020

Doritos make good kindling

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Feb 12, 2022

They have petroleum in them

Level 44

Aug 18, 2020

During hurricanes, people stock up on pop-tarts and beer

Level 20

Aug 28, 2020

Pop tarts, my favourite food then pancakes!

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Aug 18, 2020

During WW2, more people died creating V-2 rockets than getting hit by one (most of the deaths were from forced laborers)

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Aug 27, 2020

2,754 civilians were killed in London by V-2 attacks with another 6,523 injured,

Level 44

Aug 22, 2020

The interesting fact page is different from page 1 of interesting facts

Level 71

Aug 22, 2020

Re: 469: I like the question "Give a sentence with the word 'And' five times in a row?".......... A man checking the sign-writing on his store said " You have not left enough room between 'Jones and and and and and Smith"

Level 51

Aug 26, 2020

Gough Island is a territory of a territory of a territory

Level 20

Aug 28, 2020

Soo... Gough is ruled by uk acension and st helena?

Level 66

Sep 3, 2020

It's a dependency of Tristan da Cunha which is a part of St Helena and Ascension.

Level 33

May 27, 2022

Gough Island > Tristan da Cunha > Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Level 20

Aug 28, 2020

The furthest point of land from humans is called point nemo, about 1000 km from a few british territories

Level 67

Jan 6, 2021

#470 It's more intelligible in Cantonese not because it has more tones, but rather more syllables than Mandarin. For example, the words "stone lion" are "shi shi" in Mandarin, but "shek si" in Cantonese.

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Jan 27, 2021

Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Bills

Level 71

Jun 1, 2021

He killed over 4,000 in 2 years......... what a hero.

Level 21

Jun 9, 2021

can someone explain the oh-my-god particle a little better?

Level 76

Jul 5, 2022

yeah - in particular can someone explain what qm means when he says 'if the particle were a baseball'? does it mean if the baseball had the same energy in proportion to its mass, or a clump of those particles the size of a baseball, or what?

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Dec 4, 2023

If it was the size of a baseball, I assume.

Level 70

Sep 14, 2021

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo Springfield.

Level 89

Jan 4, 2022

For what it's worth.

Level 56

Apr 22, 2022

"Police Police Police Police Police Police" is also a real sentence.