Fact Cards

3001. Canadian Native Boy Lynched by Mob-In 1884, a 14-year-old Canadian Native boy named Louie Sam was accused of a murder and was subsequently lynched by an American mob led by two men who were likely the real murderers.

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3002. Plane Crash Sparks Yosemite Gold Rush-In 1976, a plane carrying 6,000 pounds of marijuana crashed in Yosemite National Park. Climbers in Yosemite Valley heard the news, and it sparked a miniature gold rush, with up to 20 people searching the frozen crash site. Much of the weed was salvaged, smoked, or sold before park rangers caught on.

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3003. Macaques Lack Intelligence for Speech-Macaques possess the right vocal anatomy to perform human speech; however, they lack the intelligence to do so.

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3004. Bodybuilders Buying Breast Milk Online-Some bodybuilders purchase breast milk on the internet, believing it helps them bulk up due to its perceived nutrient density and trace amounts of human growth hormone. However, while breast milk is indeed nutrient-dense for a baby, it is not a significant source of nutrition for an adult. It primarily consists of sugar, some lipids, and a small amount of protein.

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3005. Moldy Whopper Campaign Boosts Sales-Burger King launched an advertising campaign in 2020 that featured a picture of a moldy Whopper to showcase their burgers' lack of preservatives. This unconventional advertising method proved successful, increasing sales by 14%, according to multiple sources.

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3006. Hatley Castle's Expensive Upkeep Issues-Coal baron James Dunsmuir envisioned a medieval castle for his retirement and built Hatley Castle on Vancouver Island in 1911. It was like a small city with over 100 residents and servants. However, none of his children could afford the $1,500 monthly upkeep, leading to its sale for $260,000. Numerous TV shows and movies have since featured this iconic castle.

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3007. Submarines Referred to as Boats-Regardless of their size, submarines typically refer to themselves as

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3008. Albert Kahn’s Prolific Architectural Legacy-Albert Kahn, an industrial architect based in Detroit, designed 19% of all factories built in 1937. He also opened an architectural school in Russia and, in 1941, received the eighth highest salary in the USA, amounting to $486,936. The Willow Run bomber plant was the last building he designed.

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3009. French Slang for Menstruation Period-A popular French slang for having your period is

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3010. Obesity’s Broad Health Impact-Obesity results in more chronic health issues overall than smoking, drinking, or poverty. All of these issues negatively impact health, but obesity is associated with a broader range of chronic health issues.

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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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