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7241. Disney Hires Ex Convict Allen-In 1994, Disney made an exception to its internal rule against hiring ex-convicts when it cast Tim Allen as Scott Calvin in the Christmas film The Santa Clause. Allen had served time in prison after a 1978 cocaine trafficking conviction, which normally would have disqualified him under the company’s hiring policy. Executives decided to move forward anyway, betting on his popularity from the sitcom Home Improvement.

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7242. Hitachi Magic Wand Rebranded Original-Hitachi introduced its Magic Wand in the late 1960s as a personal massager, but it became widely known as a powerful vibrator and built a strong following in that role. Uncomfortable with the device’s sexual reputation, Hitachi eventually stopped producing it and distanced the company from the product. Retailers and distributors who saw continued demand worked to convince the manufacturer to bring it back. Production resumed under a new arrangement, with Hitachi’s name removed from the branding and the device sold simply as the Original Magic Wand.

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7243. Kentucky Restaurant Owner Self Floods-In April 2025, the owner of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille in Prospect, Kentucky, opened valves and intentionally flooded his own restaurant with clean water ahead of an expected rise in the Ohio River. He filled the lower level to equalize pressure on the walls and doors, hoping the inside water would counteract the force of the river outside. After the river levels dropped, he planned to pump out the water and begin cleanup, believing this controlled flooding would save the building from structural damage.

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7244. Jethro Tull Randomly Chosen Name-At the beginning of their career in the late 1960s, the future members of British rock band Jethro Tull constantly changed their band name for almost every gig because club bookers rarely invited them back. Jethro Tull was simply the name they happened to be using when a record label finally noticed them and offered a deal. Singer Ian Anderson later said he regretted being stuck with the name, which originally came from an 18th-century English agriculturalist, but the band had already broken through by then.

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7245. Cormac McCarthy Rejects Paid Lectures-In his early career, novelist Cormac McCarthy lived in deep poverty despite wide critical acclaim and turned down offers of $2,000 (about $16,700 today) to speak at universities about his work. He and his girlfriend bathed in lakes and ate only beans as they scraped by, choosing not to use paid speaking engagements to improve their finances. McCarthy said he refused the money because everything he had to say was there on the page, and he did not need to explain his writing in person.

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7246. Brazilian Billionaire Leaves Fortune Neymar-In June 2025, a 31-year-old Brazilian billionaire with no heirs allegedly registered a will in Porto Alegre leaving his entire estimated $1 billion fortune to Neymar Jr. In the document, he named the footballer as sole heir and explained that he made the choice because he admired Neymar’s humility and strong family values. Brazilian courts still need to process and approve the will before any inheritance can actually be transferred (as of December 2025).

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7247. Victor Gruen Utopian Community Malls-In the 1950s, Austrian American architect Victor Gruen, the pioneer behind the first modern shopping malls, imagined them as true town centers rather than just retail hubs. His early plans called for mixed-use complexes that combined commercial stores with libraries, apartments, offices, green spaces, post offices, and medical services under one roof. He wanted these malls to function as walkable community spaces where people could live, work, and access public services, not just shop.

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7248. Miyazaki Says Terrible At Games-Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director behind games like Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, openly describes himself as someone who

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7249. Wreaths America Buys Founders Wreaths-The nonprofit that runs Wreaths Across America is led by the same Worcester family that owns the Worcester Wreath Company, the for-profit supplier that provides all of the organization’s wreaths. As of 2023, the charity had grown into roughly a $30 million operation and spent its donated funds buying wreaths exclusively from Worcester Wreath, which in turn received most of its revenue and profits from those sales.

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7250. George Michael Secret Charitable Giving-In December 2016, after singer George Michael died at age 53, stories began to surface about how he had quietly given generous sums of money to both large and small charities as well as to individuals in need. Friends, charities, and beneficiaries revealed that he had written big checks without wanting his name attached and had stepped in privately to cover debts and medical bills. Reports also showed that he would sometimes volunteer anonymously at homeless shelters, working alongside staff without drawing attention to his celebrity status.

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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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