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2571. Human Genome Project Completion-The Human Genome Project started in 1990, and by 2003, scientists had successfully documented 92% of the genome. However, it took until 2022 to map the final 8% and complete the sequencing of the human genome.

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2572. Rising Pseudo-Relationships in Japan-In 2019, the BBC interviewed a man who married a fictional girl. Interestingly, 12% of people in Japan reported falling in love with anime or game characters. According to sociologist Masahiro Yamada, the rise in pseudo-relationships is due to a demanding work life and a dwindling pool of well-paid men.

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2573. Steve Jobs' Priceless Autograph-Steve Jobs signed a typed letter in 1983 that read,

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2574. Expensive Error Banknote Auction-The most expensive error banknote is a US $20 bill with a Del Monte fruit sticker stuck to it, which sold for $396,000 in 2021. A college student discovered it in 2003 after obtaining it from an ATM and selling it online for $10,000. Experts surmise that a bored employee likely purposefully placed the sticker.

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2575. Eddie Slovik's Execution for Desertion-Since the American Civil War, Eddie Slovik has been the only American soldier to face court martial and execution for desertion. After repeatedly deserting his unit during World War II, he faced execution in 1945.

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2576. Double-Nosed Andean Tiger Hound-Percy Fawcett first mentioned a double-nosed dog in the Amazon jungle in 1913, after an expedition there. However, no one believed him, and the dog remained a cryptozoological beast until the 2000s, when John Blashford-Snell returned with photo evidence of the Double-Nosed Andean Tiger Hound.

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2577. Nobel Prize Grants Free Parking-At UC Berkeley, the only way to get free parking is to win a Nobel Prize!

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2578. Tires Contributing to Ocean Microplastics-Car tires are a major source of ocean microplastics, blowing more than 200,000 tons of tiny plastic particles into the oceans annually from roads.

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2579. Peter Jackson’s Secret Bag End-Peter Jackson has a perfect replica of Bag End in his basement. You go down to the wine cellar and pull a bottle, which opens a door. Then there's a long corridor leading to a mock torture chamber. Eventually, you pull a book from a bookcase, the bookcase opens, and you step into his perfect Bag End.

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2580. Ancient Berlin Gold Hat Discovery-The Berlin Gold Hat is a two-foot-tall, 3,000-year-old artifact made of thin gold leaf that was found in Germany. Dating back to 1000 to 800 BC, it is the best-preserved specimen among the four known conical golden hats from Bronze Age Europe. It is believed to have been an insignia of deities or priests in a widespread sun cult, possibly serving astronomical or calendrical functions.

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37 COMMENTS

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Your fact card is WRONG! You state Queen Elizabeth II is related to George Washington (which is correct), however, then you all say “Their last living common ancestor is Augustine Warner, Sr. who died in XX.”

    That’s incorrect! i am related to both Col. Augustine Warner, Sr. and George Washington and I’m very much alive as are my family members and 1 uncle and his 2 sons.

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