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7641. Flynn Effect Now Possibly Reversing-The Flynn Effect describes the steady rise in average human IQ test scores throughout the 20th century, first identified by New Zealand intelligence researcher James R. Flynn. Studies found that IQ scores increased by roughly 3 points per decade across many countries as new generations took standardized intelligence tests. However, more recent data from several developed nations suggests the trend has slowed, stalled, or even reversed since the late 20th century. Researchers now debate whether environmental changes, education shifts, or cultural factors are responsible for this possible

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7642. Decidual Cast: Uterine Lining Intact-During a menstrual cycle, the uterine lining usually breaks down and exits the body in smaller fragments, mixed with menstrual blood. In rare cases, however, the entire lining sheds at once as a single piece that can resemble the shape of the uterus. This phenomenon is called a decidual cast. It occurs when the lining detaches and passes through the cervix intact rather than breaking apart.

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7643. Charles Dance’s 19th-Century Father-English actor Charles Dance was born in 1946, but his family history stretches back much further than most people expect. His father, Walter Dance, was born in 1874 and served in the Second Boer War, which began in 1899. Dance also had an older half-sister who was born in 1898.

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7644. Women Long Excluded From Trials-Before 1993, women were rarely included in clinical medical trials in the United States, which meant many treatments were tested mostly on men. That left major gaps in medical knowledge about how diseases, drugs, and symptoms affect women. Even after policy changes pushed for better inclusion, women have still remained substantially underrepresented in clinical trials for many leading diseases.

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7645. Lay’s Chips “Made With Potatoes”-A survey commissioned by Lay’s parent company PepsiCo found that 42% of people did not know potato chips are made from potatoes. In response, Lay’s began printing

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7646. Luciano and Lansky’s Secret Medal-During World War II, American mobsters Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky assisted U.S. intelligence through a program later known as Operation Underworld, helping protect New York’s docks from sabotage and providing contacts in Sicily before the Allied invasion. For their cooperation, the two organized crime figures were reportedly awarded Medals of Freedom by President Harry S. Truman in a secret ceremony after the war.

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7647. Dr. Young’s 1892 Rectal Dilators-American doctor Frank Young patented the butt plug, known as Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal Dilators, in 1892. The instruments were marketed as medical tools meant to treat conditions such as constipation, insomnia, headaches, and even insanity. They were sold as part of a wave of questionable medical treatments that claimed to cure a wide range of illnesses through rectal dilation, including ailments that were often misunderstood or misdiagnosed at the time, such as hysteria and nervous disorders.

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7648. Left-Side Sleepers Report More Nightmares-Research has found that people who sleep on their left side report nightmares more frequently than those who sleep in other positions. In contrast, right-side sleepers tend to report calmer and more pleasant dreams. Scientists are still studying the reasons behind this difference.

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7649. Happy Feet Penguin Swam 2000 Miles-In 2011, an emperor penguin later nicknamed Happy Feet arrived on a beach in New Zealand after swimming about 2,000 miles from Antarctica. He became the only second emperor penguin ever recorded in New Zealand, the first having appeared in 1967. While on the beach, Happy Feet began eating sand, likely mistaking it for snow. Veterinarians later removed about 4.4 pounds of sand from his stomach before releasing him back into the Southern Ocean.

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7650. Stoats Mate at Fifteen Days-Female stoats can become reproductively mature at just 15 days old, while they are still blind and suckling from their mother. Adult male stoats will mate with these extremely young females. The fertilized eggs then undergo delayed implantation and remain dormant for months. The females later give birth the following year after reaching full maturity.

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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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