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6751. McCarthy Footage Fooled Film Audiences-When Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) was screened for test audiences, many complained that the actor portraying Senator Joseph McCarthy was too exaggerated. However, the film didn't use an actor at all. It incorporated authentic archival footage of McCarthy himself during the 1950s.

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6752. Pink Donut Boxes of California-In the 1980s, doughnut shops across Southern California began packaging pastries in pink-colored boxes instead of the traditional white ones. The switch happened because Westco, a restaurant supply company, had a large surplus of pink-dyed cardboard stock. It was taking up warehouse space, so it became cheaper than plain white boxes. Over time, the pink box became a cultural icon of Southern California's donut scene.

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6753. Twins Invent Private Language-Cryptophasia is a rare phenomenon in which twins develop a private language that only they can understand. This language often emerges during early childhood as the siblings communicate with each other while learning speech. Researchers believe it occurs in about 50% of identical twin pairs, though most cryptophasic languages fade as the twins grow older.

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6754. Rare Disease Removes Little Toe-Ainhum is a rare medical condition in which the little toe begins to constrict spontaneously at the base, eventually leading to auto-amputation. The cause remains unknown, though the condition has been documented primarily in people living in tropical regions, especially West Africa and South America. Over time, the tightening groove deepens until the toe falls off, typically within five years of onset.

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6755. Contronyms Hold Opposite Meanings-A contronym is a word that contains two opposite meanings depending on context. For example,

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6756. Millions Grind Teeth While Sleeping-Up to 31% of children and between 10% and 15% of adults grind or clench their teeth at night, a condition known as sleep bruxism. It is strongly linked to stress, anxiety, depression, and physical symptoms like morning headaches, jaw soreness, and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain. Night guards do not stop the grinding itself; instead, they serve to protect teeth from the long-term damage it causes.

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6757. Autistic Lifespan Shortened by Risks-Studies show that autistic individuals live an average of 16-17 years less than the general population. Leading risks include epilepsy, heart disease, suicide, and accidental deaths such as drowning, with medical neglect and inadequate pain management adding further complications, especially for non-speaking individuals. Historically, people with autism were also at risk of infanticide.

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6758. Leonidas' Olympic Record Lasted Millennia-Leonidas of Rhodes, an ancient Greek runner, dominated the Olympics of the 2nd century BCE by winning 12 individual titles across four consecutive Games. He competed in three footraces-the stadion, the diaulos, and the hoplitodromos-at each Olympiad between 164 and 152 BCE. His record for the most individual Olympic victories stood unmatched for more than 2,100 years until Michael Phelps surpassed it in 2016.

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6759. Stowaway Survives Freezing Jet Flight-In August 2000, a stowaway survived a harrowing flight inside the wheel well of an Air France jet traveling from Tahiti to Los Angeles. At 38,000 feet, he endured subzero temperatures and severely reduced oxygen levels, with his body temperature dropping to a near-fatal 79°F (26°C). His extraordinary motive was to eventually reach France to

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6760. Brazil Burned Coffee to Raise Prices-In the 1930s, Brazil destroyed massive amounts of coffee, an estimated three times the annual global consumption, to stabilize prices after the Great Depression. Officials feared that selling it cheaply on the world market would crash prices even further. By burning the surplus, Brazil successfully pushed coffee prices back up, making it one of the largest deliberate supply destructions in economic history.

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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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