Interesting Fact # | Interesting Fact | Answer | % Correct |
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673 | In 2011, a Chinese teenager sold one of his _______ for cash to buy an iPhone and an iPad. Now an adult, the man has become extremely ill with renal failure. | Kidneys | 100%
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589 | Helium was detected on the ___ before it was detected on Earth. That's why it was named for Helios, the Greek god of the ___. | Sun | 100%
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84 | A "zephyr" is a light wind from the ____. | West | 100%
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55 | There are ___ documented cases of a child being poisoned by Halloween candy from trick-or-treating. | 0 | 86%
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798 | Due to inbreeding, Cleopatra only had 6 great great grand-parents instead of the normal __. It is also likely that she married two of her own brothers, both named Ptolemy. | 16 | 86%
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416 | The entire state of Wyoming only has ___ escalators. | 2 | 86%
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18 | Believe it or not, _____ is the U.S. state that is geographically closest to Africa. | Maine | 86%
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631 | In 1956, only _% of people who bought a Ford automobile chose to equip the optional seat belts. | 2 | 71%
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4 | Lake ______ is both the deepest and the oldest lake in the world. | Baikal | 71%
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825 | Switzerland has no capital. ____ is only the de-facto capital. | Bern | 71%
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1 | __________ has an AK-47 on its flag. | Mozambique | 71%
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568 | ___ _________ license plates are printed with the motto "Live Free or Die". Ironically, they are produced by prisoners. | New Hampshire | 71%
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208 | Quetzalcoatlus was possibly the largest animal to ever fly. A pterosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous, it had a wingspan of over __ meters in length. | 10 | 57%
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610 | Televisions were banned in Bhutan until the year ____. | 1999 | 57%
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12 | John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the ______ of July, 1826. | Fourth | 57%
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752 | __% of people in the U.S. who die due to a lightning strike are male. | 85 | 43%
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701 | Per capita, Australia produces _ times as much as coal as the United States. | 9 | 43%
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835 | There's a national park named _ in Benin, named for the shape of the River Niger in that area. | W | 43%
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751 | In France, there is a village named _. | Y | 43%
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844 | In 2015, El Salvador had the world's highest murder rate at ___ per 100,000 people. In 2019, a new President was elected: Nayib Bukele. Bukele suspended civil liberties, built a giant prison, and imprisoned tens of thousands of gang members mostly without trial. As of 2023, El Salvador's murder rate has fallen by over 95% and is now below that of the United States. Despite criticism of his methods, Bukele's approval rate stands at 87%. | 103 | 29%
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308 | The California Condor ceased to exist in the wild in ____ when all 27 remaining condors were captured for the purpose of saving the species. The intervention worked. After a few years of captive breeding, condors were re-released into the wild. Today the total population is over 500 and growing quickly. | 1987 | 29%
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796 | In ____, the owner of the company that makes Segways died when he accidentally drove his Segway off a cliff. | 2010 | 29%
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783 | In 2016, Luke Aikins jumped from an airplane flying at ______ feet without a parachute and landed in a giant net. | 25,000 | 29%
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665 | At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, first-place winners received a silver medal, second-place winners received a copper medal, and third-place winners received _______. | Nothing | 29%
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811 | In Ireland, more people speak ______ as their first language than speak Irish. | Polish | 29%
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