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6001. M1911 Pistols Used for Decades-The U.S. military stopped producing new M1911 pistols in 1945 but continued using refurbished models for over 40 years. In 1985, they officially replaced them with the Beretta M9, though some special forces continued to carry M1911s well into the 21st century.

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6002. Helen Hulick Beebe's Courtroom Defiance-Helen Hulick Beebe was called as a witness in Los Angeles in 1938 and faced criticism from the judge for wearing trousers instead of a dress. Despite being ordered to return

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6003. Tom Selleck Nearly Played Indiana Jones-Actor Tom Selleck was almost cast as Indiana Jones instead of Harrison Ford. However, CBS wouldn't release him from his contract for

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6004. Jon Jones Evades Drug Test-Former UFC Champion Jon Jones once hid under a practice cage to avoid a drug test by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

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6006. Luxor Hotel: A Gigantic Pyramid-The Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas ranks as the third-largest pyramid in the world.

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6007. M&Ms Inspired by Spanish Civil War-M&Ms were created in 1941 after Forrest Mars, heir to the Mars Company, observed soldiers in the Spanish Civil War eating Smarties (British M&Ms). He noticed the hard-colored shell prevented the chocolate from melting, making them appealing to the U.S. Army, who was their sole customer during World War II.

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6008. Brain's Random Scene Projection-Our brains can randomly project vivid scenes, such as video game maps or childhood places, thanks to a brain network that activates when we are idle.

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6009. British Gunner Survives 18,000-Foot Fall-Flight Sergeant Nicholas Stephen Alkemade, a tail gunner with No.115 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, survived a fall of 18,000-feet in March 1944 over Germany without a parachute. Fir trees and a soft snow cover broke his fall, resulting in only a sprained leg.

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6010. Hitobashira: Ancient Japanese Ritual-Hitobashira was a cultural practice in Japan that involved burying people alive under buildings before construction. It is no longer practiced today. It fell out of use by the 16th century and was carried out to appease Shinto gods and supernatural forces, believed to protect structures like bridges, castles, and dams from disasters such as floods, fire, or enemy attacks.

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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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