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6811. FBI's Unsolved Toy Box Clues-In 2011, the FBI's Albuquerque field office released hundreds of photos of items seized from the home of David Parker Ray, the notorious

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6812. Olympic Star Felled by Rare Disorder-Flo Hyman, a towering 6'5

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6813. Tito's Leg Refusal Ends a Nation-In 1980, doctors told Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito that amputating his infected leg could save his life. Tito reportedly declared he would rather take his own life than lose the limb and initially refused the procedure. His eventual death soon after created a power vacuum that weakened the state and helped set the stage for Yugoslavia's breakup in the decades that followed.

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6814. Oppenheimer Projected by Palm OS-When Oppenheimer premiered in 70mm IMAX in 2023, projectionists used decades-old Palm OS software to run the system. The original IMAX hardware relied on the outdated operating system, so technicians used a Palm OS emulator on a Windows 10 tablet to control the massive film reels.

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6815. Dog Wool That Outwarms Sheep-Fibers spun from dog hair, known as chiengora, can be up to 80% warmer than sheep's wool. Historically used for weaving and knitting, the material is soft and insulating but lacks elasticity, making it harder to work with. Despite its rarity today, some artisans still produce chiengora garments for their exceptional warmth.

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6816. Greek Fire's Secret Lost Forever-The Byzantines treated the manufacture of Greek fire as a tightly guarded state secret, dividing production among specialized craftsmen so no one person knew the whole process. That compartmentalization and strict secrecy protected the weapon's use but ensured its recipe wasn't widely recorded or shared. As a result, the exact composition and method of making Greek fire were lost to history.

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6817. Catfish: The Meat-Regulated Fish-Unlike every other seafood in the United States, catfish isn't regulated by the FDA. Instead, it falls under the USDA's authority, the same agency that oversees meat and poultry. The unusual classification stems from lobbying and trade disputes, creating a regulatory quirk where one fish is treated like beef.

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6818. The Cruel Murder of Gemma Hayter-In 2010, 27-year-old Gemma Hayter, a disabled woman from Warwickshire, England, was lured, tortured, and murdered by people she thought were her friends. The group subjected her to abuse for days before disposing of her body on a railway embankment. Her killing was later classified as a

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6819. The Genain Quadruplets' Shared Madness-Born in 1930, the Genain quadruplets were identical sisters who each developed schizophrenia by the age of 24. Their case became one of the most intensively studied in psychiatric history, closely examined by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health. The sisters' shared diagnosis provided striking evidence for a genetic component in the development of schizophrenia.

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6820. Forgotten Prisoner Survives 18 Days-In 1979, an Austrian man named Andreas Mihavecz was accidentally left in a police holding cell and forgotten for 18 days. Without food or water, he survived only by licking condensation from the walls. He later became known for holding the record for the longest verified survival without nourishment, and the officers responsible were only fined for negligence.

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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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