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6271. US Navy's Final WWI Salvo-During World War I, on November 11, 1918, the final shot from the U.S. Navy's 14 inch/50 caliber railway gun was fired near the Allied lines on the Western Front in France, timed at 10:57:30a.m. so that the shells would strike just before the 11a.m. Armistice took effect. Operated as part of a mobile naval railway battery to target key German railway junctions far behind enemy lines, the firing had no specific tactical target at that exact moment-it was primarily a symbolic salvo to mark the end of hostilities.

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6272. Masanobu Tsuji: Vanished War Strategist-Masanobu Tsuji, an Imperial Japanese WWII Army officer, earned the nickname

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6273. WWII's Suicidal Torpedo Pilots-During WWII, Japan developed crewed suicide torpedoes called Kaiten. Pilots steered these modified torpedoes into enemy ships, knowing there was no escape.

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6274. John Doe No. 24's Silent Journey-In 1945, authorities found a deaf Black teenager who was later nicknamed John Doe No. 24 wandering the streets of Jacksonville, Illinois. Unable to identify him, they placed him in various mental institutions until his death in 1993.

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6275. Prisoners Escape Using Master Key-In 1995, convicted murderers Daniel Luther Heiss and Shane Baker escaped from Berrimah Prison in Darwin, Australia, after Heiss noticed that the prisoners' handbook cover featured a perfect image of the master key, and Baker-who had jewelry making tools in his cell-crafted a working copy. They slipped out by unlocking Heiss's cell, freeing Baker, and scaling three razor wire fences. Baker was recaptured within a few days, but Heiss remained on the run for 12 days before being caught.

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6276. Movie Theater Overtime Pay Exemption-Employees working in U.S. movie theaters are exempt from federal overtime pay laws. The 'Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938' includes a clause that exempts employees 'employed by an establishment which is a motion picture theater,' a rule that is still in place today.

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6277. David Attenborough's Impressive Titles-Sir David Attenborough has more letters in his titles than in his name. His full title includes OM GSMG CH CVO CBE FRS FSA FRSA FZS FRSGS FRSB.

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6278. Tragic Coincidence in Mansfield Family-The father of 1950s American actress Jayne Mansfield died of a heart attack while she was in the car with him when she was just three years old. Tragically, her daughter Mariska Hargitay was also three when she survived the car crash that killed Mansfield.

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6279. Anne Desclos' Erotic Novel Success-After hearing her employer and lover claim that a woman couldn't write an erotic novel, French writer Anne Desclos penned Story of O, a 1954 book exploring sadomasochistic submission and desire. The novel became a massive success but also provoked obscenity charges from the French government due to its explicit themes.

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6280. Sacred Deer of Nara, Japan-In Nara, Japan's ancient capital, deer are considered sacred in Shintoism as messengers of the gods. For centuries, they have remained tame because humans do not hunt them. Visitors often buy

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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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