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8121. Pittsburgh Fought To Keep H-In 1891, the U.S. government ruled that cities ending in

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8122. Cikai Korran Graffitied Egyptian Tombs-About 2,000 years ago, a South Indian traveler named Cikai Korran visited Egypt's famous Valley of the Kings and left his mark behind. Archaeologists have identified eight inscriptions attributed to him across five different tombs, including versions of the message,

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8123. Breakthrough Starshot Targets Alpha Centauri-The Breakthrough Starshot project proposed sending gram-sized robotic spacecraft to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. Instead of using conventional rockets, the concept called for a massive Earth-based laser array to propel tiny light sails to roughly 20 percent of the speed of light. At that speed, the miniature probes could theoretically cross the 4.37-light-year gap to Alpha Centauri in about 20 years.

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8124. Stella Goldschlag Hunted Berlin Jews-German Jewish woman Stella Goldschlag, also known as Stella Kübler after marriage, collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II. After initially being arrested and pressured by the Nazis, she worked as a so-called

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8125. Don King's Two Homicides-American boxing promoter Don King killed two people before he became one of the sport's most famous power brokers. The first killing was ruled justifiable homicide after the man had tried to rob King, so King served no prison time. In 1966, King killed an employee named Sam Garrett by stomping him after a dispute over $600. A court convicted him of second-degree murder, later reduced the conviction to non-negligent manslaughter, and King served less than four years in prison.

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8126. Australia's Unpaid Witch Doctor Curse-During the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, members of the Australian national soccer team consulted a witch doctor before a crucial match against Rhodesia in Mozambique. Australia won the match and advanced, but team officials never paid the witch doctor for his services. In response, he allegedly placed a curse on the team. Australia then failed to qualify for another World Cup for 32 years, finally ending the drought when it reached the 2006 tournament.

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8127. Canadians Love Kraft Dinner More-Despite boxed Kraft macaroni and cheese being one of the most recognizable examples of American processed food, Canadians consume far more of it than Americans do. Sold in Canada as Kraft Dinner, the product has become a cultural staple and one of the country's most popular packaged foods. On a per-capita basis, Canadians consume about 55% more boxes than people in the United States. The brand is so popular that Canada is often cited as the world's largest consumer of Kraft Dinner per person.

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8128. Hulk Hogan Choked Richard Belzer-In 1985, American wrestler Hulk Hogan demonstrated a wrestling hold on American TV host Richard Belzer during a live television appearance. The hold knocked Belzer unconscious, and he fell to the studio floor. Belzer hit his head in the fall and needed stitches. He later sued Hogan, and the case was settled out of court.

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8129. Record Numbers Living With Parents-In 2023, about 45% of U.S. adults between the ages of 18 and 29 lived with their parents, the highest share recorded in roughly 80 years. Rising housing costs, student debt, and broader economic pressures have made independent living increasingly difficult for many young adults.

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8130. Dinosaurs Suffered Cancer Too-Scientists have found evidence that dinosaurs suffered from cancer millions of years before humans ever existed. By examining fossilized bones, researchers have identified tumors and cancer-like growths in several dinosaur species, including horned dinosaurs such as Centrosaurus.

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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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