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4161. Actress Andrea Evans' Stalking Ordeal-Actress Andrea Evans, known for playing Tina Lord on

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4162. Khosrau I's New City Founding-After sacking Antioch in 540 A.D., Persian Emperor Khosrau I founded the city of Weh Antiok Khusrau, meaning

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4163. Ameland Island's Bird-Saving Initiative-Ameland Island in the Netherlands eliminated red from the light spectrum of streetlights and nearby offshore platforms. This change was made to prevent migratory birds from becoming disoriented, as they took the cue to communicate all night long from the red lights. Blue-green lights have been found to increase migratory bird survival.

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4164. Hydra: Ageless Freshwater Invertebrates-Hydra, small freshwater invertebrates, have stem cells that exist in a continuous state of renewal. When kept in isolation, these organisms show no signs of aging, offering insights into potential anti-aging research.

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4165. Carbon Monoxide Hauntings-Many haunted houses have been investigated and found to contain high levels of carbon monoxide or other poisons, which can cause hallucinations. The carbon monoxide theory explains why haunted houses are mostly older houses, as they are more likely to contain aging and defective appliances.

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4166. Walmart's German Failure-Walmart tried and failed to establish itself in Germany in the early 2000s. One speculated reason for its failure is that Germans found certain team-building activities, as well as the forced greeting and smiling at customers, unnerving.

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4167. Extreme Water Dependency-There is a German man named Marc Wubbenhorst who must drink 20 liters of water every day in order to avoid dying from dehydration. He suffers from an extreme case of diabetes insipidus.

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4168. Multibrained Octopuses-Octopuses have nine brains: one mini-brain in each arm and another in the center of their bodies. Each arm can independently taste, touch, and perform basic movements, but all arms can work together when prompted by the central brain.

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4169. Undertaker's Fiery Act-The Undertaker was engulfed in flames during his entrance at the 2010 WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, yet he remained in character for the entirety of the match despite sustaining 1st and 2nd-degree burns, as well as a chest burn that would bubble up during the match.

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4170. Mystery Gold Hoard-In 2013, a couple walking their dog in California found eight coffee cans containing over 1,427 gold coins worth over $10 million. The original source of the hoard is still unknown.

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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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