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7751. Gut Microbes Drive Food Cravings-Researchers studying the gut microbiome have argued that intestinal bacteria can influence what you crave and how you eat. In one proposed mechanism, microbes release chemical signals that affect the nervous system and can shift feeding behavior toward the nutrients those microbes thrive on. Some scientists even compare the effect to “puppetmasters” that can push cravings by manipulating host signaling pathways.

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7752. Lebanon Skipped Census Since 1932-Lebanon has not conducted an official national census since 1932 because population numbers tie directly to Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system. Instead of a full census, the country has relied on estimates and partial surveys for decades.

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7753. Oswald’s Widow Still In Dallas-Russian-born Marina Oswald Porter became the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald after his 1963 murder, two days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. She later testified for the Warren Commission and spent decades trying to live quietly in the Dallas area. As of recent reporting (as of March 2026), she is still alive and keeps a low profile there.

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7754. Bush Coconut Is Moth Larva-In northern Australia, Aboriginal Australians traditionally eat something called a bush coconut, but it is not a plant at all. A moth larva lives inside the root of a bloodwood tree, and people dig up the swollen root to pull the grub out. The larva has a white, fatty body that people say tastes like coconut, which is how it earned the name.

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7755. Keanu Reeves Nicknamed The Wall-Before Canadian actor Keanu Reeves became a movie star, he built a reputation on the ice as a high school hockey goaltender in the Toronto area. Reports say he played well enough that people started calling him “The Wall” for how hard he was to beat.

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7756. Brains React To Earth’s Magnetism-Some researchers have found evidence that certain humans can perceive magnetic fields in a subtle way, even when they do not consciously notice anything. In laboratory tests, participants sat quietly while scientists changed magnetic field conditions to mimic shifts in Earth’s geomagnetic field. The researchers measured brain activity and saw reactions that tracked those geomagnetic changes. The results suggested the brain can register magnetic-field information without the person feeling an obvious sensation.

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7757. Saint Patrick Was Romano-Briton-Saint Patrick was not Irish because he was a Romano-Briton, likely from Wales or western England. Irish raiders kidnapped him as a teenager and held him in slavery in Ireland for six years. He escaped, went back to Britain, and later returned to Ireland as a missionary.

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7758. F-35 Matches Lancaster Bomb Load-The Lockheed Martin F-35 and the World War II-era Avro Lancaster heavy bomber both top out at about 8.2 tons of maximum weapon load. That match-up puts a modern stealth fighter in the same payload class as a dedicated four-engine bomber from the 1940s. By contrast, the Boeing B-17 typically carried about 3.6 tons on a short-range mission.

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7759. Zagreb’s 550,000 World Cup Welcome-After Croatia finished as runners-up in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, the national team flew back to Zagreb to an overwhelming reception. More than 550,000 fans reportedly flooded the streets to welcome them home. The turnout became the largest public gathering in Croatia’s history, even without a championship trophy.

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7760. Coca-Cola Barrels Put On Trial-In 1911, the United States government filed a case titled United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola that targeted the drink’s caffeine content. Instead of naming a person as the defendant, the lawsuit treated the seized shipment itself as the thing on trial. Federal officials argued the product violated the Pure Food and Drug Act based on how it was labeled and what it contained.

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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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