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2631. Green Slime Origin on TV-The act of dumping green slime on a person on

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2632. Sony Walkman Marketing Strategy-Sony implemented a marketing strategy for their Walkman in which they hired young adults to walk around in public wearing a Walkman, inviting curious passersby to test out the product.

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2633. Mary Walker's Medal of Honor-Mary Edwards Walker, the only female recipient of the Medal of Honor, was a surgeon, abolitionist, prisoner of war, and freethinker who challenged traditional gender roles. She was also a pioneer in the Victorian dress reform movement known as

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2634. Loughead's Hydraulic Brake Invention-An Irish American named Malcolm Loughead was a renowned engineer who invented the hydraulic brakes used in all cars today. His company, fed up with people mispronouncing his last name, changed its spelling to the more phonetic

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2635. Airline Pilots' Naval Uniforms-Commercial airline pilots wear uniforms resembling naval officers because Pan Am established this tradition with its fleet of flying boats. To align with the nautical theme, they adopted naval-style uniforms, a practice that continues today.

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2636. Peter Weller's RoboCop Struggles-While filming the 1987 film RoboCop, actor Peter Weller struggled to see through the thin helmet visor and interact with objects while wearing the gloves. The warm weather exacerbated Weller's experience in the costume, causing him to sweat off up to 3 pounds (1.4 kg) per day.

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2637. Dating Sims' Psychological Benefits-A study in Japan examining why people play dating sims found that it appeals mostly to lonely individuals seeking to develop social skills or experience love. Researchers found that the psychological benefits of dating sims are similar to those of a real relationship, reducing stress and boosting satisfaction.

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2638. Enceladus' Water Vapor Eruption-In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope captured an eruption of water vapor that shot 6,000 miles (9,500 km) into space from a geyser on Saturn's moon Enceladus. This massive spray of water provided unprecedented insight into how the moon's geysers supply material to Saturn's icy rings.

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2639. 6502 Microprocessor's Market Impact-When Chuck Peddle and Bill Mensch introduced the 6502 microprocessor at a trade show in 1975, it was faster and cheaper than its competitors (costing $25 each instead of nearly $200). It almost single-handedly forced processor prices to drop, helping to launch the personal computer revolution.

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2640. San Francisco's Famous Stray Dogs-Bummer and Lazarus, two stray dogs roaming San Francisco streets in the early 1860s, gained recognition for their unique bond and exceptional ability to kill rats. City newspapers featured them regularly, local ordinances exempted them, and cartoons immortalized them.

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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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