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1211. Rachel McAdams-Ryan Gosling hated Rachel McAdams so much while filming The Notebook that he wanted her kicked off the set. They both ended up dating on and off for four years after the filming concluded.

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1212. Television News Viewership-In 2015, the median viewership age for Fox News was 68 years old, CNN’s was 59 and for MSNBC it was 63.

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1213. Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home-In 2017, a secret vault was discovered in a long-abandoned maternity home named, “Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home” in Ireland, which was run by nuns. Remains of nearly 800 toddlers were found in the vault which turned out to be a sewage tank.

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1214. Birds of Paradise-The tail feathers of the Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial. These feathers help its brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances.

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1215. The Last Ringbearer-There is a Russian version of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ named ‘The Last Ringbearer,’ which is based on the premise that the original version is a “history written by the victors.” It recounts that in reality, Mordor was on the verge of an industrial revolution which was a threat to the war-mongering and imperialistic faction represented by Gandalf and the elves.

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1216. Steve Rothstein-In 1987, Steve Rothstein took advantage of the AAirpass (a promotion by American Airlines that let people pay a one-time fee of $250,000 to have a lifetime of unlimited flights) and quit his job so he could fly continuously. This ended up costing the airline more than 21 million.

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1217. Milton Hershey-Milton Hershey kept his employees working during the Great Depression by having them construct buildings in Hershey, PA including a school, an arena, and a hotel. When a steam shovel was brought in for construction, Hershey told his foreman to get rid of the shovel and hire 40 men instead.

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1218. Chernobyl wildlife-Wildlife in Chernobyl flourished after the nuclear disaster of 1986, implying that humans are more detrimental to nature than severe radiation.

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1219. Ants on Stilts-Scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that they return to their nests by counting their steps. The ants on stilts overshot their nest by roughly 50% due to the increased length of their steps.

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1220. Ken Taylor George Welch-Ken Taylor and George Welch were two of the US pilots who were able to take off during the attack on Pearl Harbor and take down 7 enemy aircraft. They were denied the Medal of Honor because their commanding officer said they had “taken off without orders.”

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  2. Would you mind if I started to post these facts on iFunny? I really think people would love them and I would of course credit and link your website.

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  4. Your page (re)numbering makes it almost impossible to find something on your site. The search option doesn’t seem very helpful.. I tried to search for Harris Rosen or Fact #62 after seeing it on Bored Panda, but had to do a brute force search to find this page…

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  6. I just went through all the facts pages. A few things I’ve noticed:
    1. #451-#470 (pgs 46 & 47) have images that are broken.
    2. #841-#1140 (pgs 85-114) are complete duplicates of earlier pages.

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    • Thank you for your valuable feedback. Last night we implemented a new page numbering system for our fact cards. I really messed up with facts #451-#470 which I have fixed now. I have fixed the other problem too.

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  7. Just stumbled onto your site via an Imgur post. Cool stuff.

    Re. one of the citations above: “The oldest D20 dice was uncovered in Egypt…”

    One “die,” many “dice.” The headline in the source given had it right; “Ancient d20 die emerges from the ashes of time.”

    Credibility is always enhanced by proper grammar.

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  10. I really enjoy your site. I visit it regularly at this period of my life to use up time, while entertaining myself, and increase my awareness of life through the amazing insights into stories behind what we often overlook. It is almost therapeutic I would think! For one thing, I feel grateful not to be one of the warped personalities you often report on, but on the other hand, I feel sorry for the suffering that is really behind so many people you note through our shared history, who have the apparency of many successes, but are in fact imperfect and suffering souls like all of us, on the road to something better we hope eh?

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    • History gives us an opportunity to look into the mistake our ancestors made, but also the feats they achieved. The lives they suffered, so that the future generations could have the freedom. I am happy to have been part of such an important part of your life, Stuart.

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  13. I’m sure it’s like asking a magician how his tricks are done, but I would love to know the workings of the research you have to go through to find/verify everything I’ve read on your site. To say they are entertaining would be an insult. I read several pages daily. I have found them to be fascinating, educational, informative, and downright important.

    When I was a child and went on long road trips with my parents, my Mom would would bring a box of Trivial Pursuit cards to read and ask questions to pass the time for everyone in the car…My Wife now reads these to our kids on our vacations.

    Do you take fact submissions, or do you rely on your own people to research and present them to your team/site? The only thing I can say about your site, is some click ads could be modified or even done away with. Political opinion polls, etc…I would sooner see and ad for shaving cream that some of those useless and probably biased ads (not you, just the people conducting them) But, I love what you do and am so glad that your site exists!

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    • Thank you Ryan. It’s the readers like you who keep us going. It gives us immense pleasure to know that you love reading facts on our site. We do take submissions. About 10% of our facts come from submissions. You too can submit facts by filling out this form Contact Us. The ads are what keeps the servers running. We don’t take any donations, use patreon or sell merch on our site so ads are how we generate income. Though, we will take your advice to tone down the ads (we can’t really see what kind of ad our readers see as it’s decided by Google).

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  17. 1454: She wasn’t found “shortly” after, which might imply that 911 had tried to help and just didn’t arrive in time; she was found HOURS after.

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  19. Each of these pages of facts should have its own page for commenting instead of many fact pages and only one place to comment. I’d also delete my post about each fact having its own page since the aforementioned idea is better, but I can’t.

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  23. I love this website I use it all the time and it allows me to attain info that I have been able to use irl all the time. Keep up the great work!

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  24. Also Rickinator for 610 killing bears is not a good thing due to most species of bears being endangered it is just a fact/statistic

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