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6111. Michael Jackson's Shaggy Song Love-It Wasn't Me by Shaggy was one of Michael Jackson's favorite songs. Upon meeting Shaggy, Jackson remarked that it sounded like a song he would write, prompting Shaggy to quip,

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6112. Vietnam's Coffee Boom-In the 1980s, East Germany attempted to solve a significant coffee shortage by establishing coffee production infrastructure in Vietnam, its close ally. By the time they harvested any coffee, East Germany had ceased to exist. Today, Vietnam stands as the world's second-largest coffee producer.

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6113. Message to Gliese 581c-In 2008, humans sent a message to the planet Gliese 581c, which is expected to arrive there in 2029. Transmitted via Ukraine's RT-70 radio telescope as part of the

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6114. Michelina Lewandowska Escapes Bruied Alive-In 2011, a woman named Michelina Lewandowska survived being buried alive in a cardboard box by her fiancé, Marcin Kasprzak, in England, after he attacked her with a stun gun and bound her with tape because he was

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6115. Aaliyah's Musical Introduction-After signing with a record label at 12, Aaliyah's uncle introduced her to R. Kelly. He became the lead songwriter and producer of her debut album,

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6116. Last Smallpox Victim: Janet Parker-In 1978, Janet Parker, a medical photographer at the University of Birmingham Medical School, became the last known person to die from smallpox after likely contracting it through air ducts connected to a poorly maintained lab researching the virus. The exposure was due to inadequate safety protocols, sparking a national scandal and inquiry into the lab's violations. Within weeks, Parker died, her father suffered a fatal heart attack while visiting her, and the head of the lab, overwhelmed by guilt, committed suicide.

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6117. George Hotz's iPhone Unlock-In August 2007, 17-year-old George Hotz became the first person to unlock an iPhone's SIM lock. He traded his second unlocked 8GB iPhone to Terry Daidone, founder of CertiCell, for a Nissan 350Z and three more 8GB iPhones.

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6118. WTC Insurance Dispute-The World Trade Center's owner argued in court that the 9/11 attacks were two separate occurrences, claiming he deserved double the insurance payout. The courts partially agreed, forcing nine of the 20 insurers to pay double.

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6119. Marathon Dog Companion: Gobi-In 2016, a stray dog joined Dion Leonard during the 155-mile Gobi March ultramarathon in China's Gobi Desert, running alongside him for 77 miles of the grueling week-long race. Leonard named her Gobi and later crowdfunded £5,000 to bring her home to Scotland.

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6120. Randolph Churchill's Excesses-Winston Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill, surpassed his father's fondness for alcohol and cigars, consuming 80 to 100 cigarettes and up to two bottles of whisky daily for 20 years. He died at the age of 57.

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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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