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2827. Vaseline Inventor's Habit-Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, had a peculiar habit of consuming a spoonful of it daily. He attributed his longevity of 96 years to this practice, despite lacking scientific evidence to support his claim.

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2828. iPhone Copy-Paste Delay-The original iPhone lacked the capability to copy and paste text for two years following its release.

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2829. Apollo 12 Moon Selfie-During the Apollo 12 mission, astronauts covertly brought a camera timer with them. The intention was to capture a selfie together on the moon and intrigue people back on Earth. However, their plan was thwarted when they couldn't locate the timer.

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2830. Malaysia's First Astronaut-Malaysia achieved a milestone in 2007 by sending its first astronaut to the ISS. Guidelines issued by the government and Islamic scholars suggested that Muslims in space should ideally face Mecca for prayers; however, if not feasible, they could face the Earth generally or in any direction.

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2831. NFL Drafted Soldier-In 1944, the Philadelphia Eagles drafted Norm Michael from Syracuse University, unaware that he had already enlisted in the US Army, leaving him oblivious to his NFL selection until 1999, when he discovered it while reading about other Syracuse NFL players.

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2832. Train Sand Friction Mechanism-Trains utilize sand tanks and tubes to disperse sand under each wheel, improving friction for more efficient acceleration, particularly on steep inclines or slippery tracks.

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2833. Henry VIII's Doctor Dilemma-Despite Henry VIII's terminal condition, his doctors refrained from informing him of his impending death due to the Treason Act's prohibition on discussing the King's demise. It fell upon the archbishop to deliver the grim news.

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2834. Hurricane Sandy Generator Fuel-Following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, engineers manually transported diesel fuel up 17 flights of stairs in buckets to sustain generators powering a data center in New York City.

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2835. Blockbuster Sleepover Event-In September 2020, the last remaining Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, offered 1990s-themed sleepovers through Airbnb for a mere $4 per night.

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2836. Vietnam War Heroism-There are 56 United States Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipients who earned the distinction for their selfless acts, such as sacrificing themselves by jumping on grenades and mines to save the lives of their comrades.

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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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