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6691. Jewish Law Requires Spousal Consent-According to Jewish religious law, a man must ask his wife's permission before starting a new job if it reduces the frequency of their conjugal relations.

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6692. Cold War Missile Mishap-During the Cold War, an early version of the American AIM-9 Sidewinder missile lodged into an enemy jet without exploding. Subsequently, the Russians recovered it after landing and created a reverse-engineered copy.

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6693. Mario Cipollini's Mountain Avoidance-Mario Cipollini, an Italian professional cyclist active from the late 1980s through the mid-2000s and widely regarded as one of the best sprinters of his generation, famously hated mountain stages. He would sometimes skip them altogether, even releasing photos of himself relaxing on the beach while his rivals slogged through the climbs.

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6694. China Agricultural Bank Scandal-In 2006, Agricultural Bank of China managers Ren Xiaofeng and Ma Xiangjing stole US $4.3 million from their branch to buy lottery tickets, hoping to win enough to repay the theft and keep the surplus. They won only about US $12,700, attempted to flee, were captured, and were executed in 2008.

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6695. Tarantino Script Security Measures-Quentin Tarantino kept the only copy of the third act of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood locked in a safe to prevent leaks. Brad Pitt later revealed that the only other copy of the script had been burned by Tarantino.

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6696. Cancer's Widespread Impact-Nearly 40% of all people suffer from cancer at some point in their lifetime.

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6697. Turkmenistan's Unusual Presidential Decrees-The first president of Turkmenistan banned beards and dogs from the capital and ordered the closure of all hospitals and libraries outside the capital. He stated that the sick should go to the capital for treatment and that Turkmens did not read anyway.

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6698. Sunburn Redness Explained-Skin redness caused by sunburn isn't your skin

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6699. Deadly Freshwater Snails-Freshwater snails indirectly kill tens of thousands of people each year, making them among the deadliest creatures to humans. They host parasitic flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, a disease that damages organs and can be fatal if untreated.

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6700. Lottery Winner's Meth Empire-In 2015, Georgia resident Ronnie Music Jr. won $3 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Instead of using his windfall responsibly, he invested the money in building a large methamphetamine trafficking ring in an attempt to create a drug empire. Less than 18 months later, federal agents uncovered his operation, and in 2017 he was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

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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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