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6121. Deaf Brits vs. Deaf Americans-Deaf Britons and Deaf Americans cannot understand each other's sign languages because British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL) developed independently, with different grammar, vocabulary, and origins. BSL stems from French Sign Language, and ASL is influenced by it but evolved separately.

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6122. Eddie Slovik's Sole Execution-Eddie Slovik was court-martialed for desertion during World War II, and he is the only U.S. soldier who was executed (1945) for purely military offenses since the American Civil War. He deserted, believing prison was preferable to combat, and he anticipated a light sentence. However, authorities executed him to deter others from similar actions.

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6123. Columbo's Catchphrase Origins-Columbo's signature catchphrase,

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6124. The Tipster Killer's Calls-Between 1985 and 1987, California serial killer Robert Edward Maury dubbed the

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6125. Tommy Thompson's Gold Coins-Authorities have held (as of 2025) Tommy Thompson in jail since 2015 for contempt of court after he refused to reveal the whereabouts of gold coins he recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America, which he discovered off the coast of South Carolina in 1988. Prosecuted in Ohio, Thompson allegedly recovered thousands of coins worth up to $100 million and now claims he has forgotten where they were hidden.

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6126. Mysterious Caller 'Christine'-Since at least 2021, a mysterious individual known as

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6127. Charles Ramsey's Big Mac Reward-In 2013, Charles Ramsey was carrying a

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6128. Balloon Daycare at Disney World-At Disney World's Animal Kingdom, balloons aren't allowed. As a result, they created a 'balloon daycare' where staff store your balloons and provide a report card about its day and activities.

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6129. Staples' Independence Day Origin-The idea for Staples was born on July 4, 1985, when its founder ran out of printer ribbon and couldn't find an open store to buy any.

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6130. Canadian Judge on Free Speech-In 2023, a Canadian judge dismissed a criminal harassment case against a man, ruling that 'flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, charter-enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian.'

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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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