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6841. Schwarzenegger's Comedy Payday Strategy-No one in Hollywood wanted to cast Arnold Schwarzenegger in a comedy, so in 1988, Arnold, Danny DeVito, and director Ivan Reitman made a daring deal for their comedy

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6842. Rihanna and Cera's Slap Agreement-During the filming of

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6843. Blair Witch Actors Win Settlement-The actors of The Blair Witch Project agreed in 1999 to use their real names for the film's found-footage realism. But years later, when the sequel used their names again without their consent, they took the studio to court. Each actor won a $300,000 settlement.

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6844. Bluey and Bingo's Secret Voices-The children who voice Bluey and Bingo in the Australian series Bluey remain uncredited to protect their privacy. Producers chose anonymity to prevent public attention or unwanted exposure. Their identities have never been officially revealed.

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6845. Chimpanzee Plans Ahead in 1997-In 1997, researchers at a Swedish zoo observed a chimpanzee calmly collecting stones in piles of three to eight. The chimp later threw them at visitors when upset, demonstrating clear foresight. It was the first documented case of a non-human animal planning for a future event.

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6846. Centenarian Prisoner Refuses Release-Bill Wallace, born in 1881, was convicted of murder in 1926 and committed to a psychiatric facility rather than a prison. He spent nearly 60 years confined at Wolston Park Hospital in Queensland after being found unfit to stand trial. When a petition sought his release on his 100th birthday in 1981, Wallace refused, saying,

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6847. Boeing Engineers Criticize 737 Max-In January 2020, internal employee messages released by Boeing showed staff mocking the FAA and criticizing the 737 Max before the 2018 and 2019 crashes that killed 346 people. One employee wrote that the plane was

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6848. End of an Era: Trailer Voiceovers-Don LaFontaine, the iconic trailer narrator known for thousands of voiceovers, died in 2008. In the years that followed, studios increasingly leaned on music and sound design rather than narration. As a result, classic trailer voiceovers became less common.

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6849. Tragic Roller Coaster Incident in 2011-In 2011, at Darien Lake Theme Park in New York, Sgt. James Hackemer, a double amputee who had lost his legs, was permitted to ride the Ride of Steel despite a rule requiring two legs to ride it. During the ride, he was ejected from his seat and died.

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6850. Woman's Unusual Smoking Cessation Plan-In 2013, at the Sacramento County Jail in California, Etta Mae Lopez waited outside and slapped Sheriff's Deputy Matt Campoy. She was promptly arrested, which was her plan all along, as she believed jail was the only way to quit smoking because tobacco is banned there. A judge sentenced her to 63 days in jail.

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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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