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7541. Dungeons and Dragons-Dungeons & Dragons were demonized back in the 1980s, particularly by religious groups, due to the fantastical and violent nature of the game.

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7542. John Magee during Nanking Massacre-John Magee was a missionary who was working in Nanking during the Nanking Massacre. He ran out of the Nanking Safety Zone and took part in rescuing more than 200,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians. He filmed the event and refused to accept money for it. He instead donated the footage for historical purposes.

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7543. Justin Morgan Horse-The Justin Morgan horse is one of the foundational American horse breeds. The line originated with a prepotent horse named Figure. His genes were dominant in his offspring regardless of the mare. Popular as a cavalry horse during the Civil War, the breed was nearly killed off.

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7544. Embassy Law Myth-Contrary to myth, embassies are technically still the soil of the host country, but host country laws don't apply within the premises.

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7545. Henderson Island Rad Eradication-In 2011, the UK tried to eradicate all rats from the Henderson Island in the Pacific Ocean. Only 50 individuals out of a population of 50,000 survived, which was enough for them to grow back to their original numbers.

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7546. Painkiller Headaches-People that frequently take painkillers for headaches can develop medication overuse headaches, a vicious cycle where the pain is caused by painkillers themselves.

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7547. Ides of March Coin-Between 43 and 42 B.C., a commemorative coin was produced to celebrate the assassination of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus is minted on one side, while the other side has a pileus cap between two daggers.

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7548. Cooking Papa-A manga series by the name of Cooking Papa (no relation to the game series Cooking Mama) is one of the longest-running in Japanese comics. It was published from 1985 to 2021 with a total of 157 volumes.

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7549. Turkey's Illegal Letters-The use of the letters Q, X, and W, in official documents, including for people's names, used to be illegal in Turkey and punishable with 2 to 6 months of prison time. The ban was enacted in 1928 and lifted only in 2013.

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7550. Åland & Öland Coat of Arms-The coat of arms of the Swedish islands of Åland and Öland was accidentally swapped when they were granted in 1560s. This mistake not noticed until 1944.

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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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