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8271. Napoleon Saved Marie Louise First-During the difficult birth of his son in 1811, French Emperor Napoleon was asked whether doctors should prioritize his wife, Empress Marie Louise, or the child, and he ordered them to save the empress. Both Marie Louise and the baby survived, and his son, Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte, received the title of King of Rome. The ordeal traumatized Napoleon, who said,

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8272. Argentina Inspired Soccer's Card System-Argentina became the catalyst for soccer's yellow and red card system during the 1966 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal against England at Wembley. West German referee Rudolf Kreitlein expelled Argentine captain Antonio Rattin after a second caution, but Rattin initially refused to leave amid language problems and eventually left the field escorted by police. After the confusion, former English referee and FIFA referee committee head Ken Aston proposed universally understood yellow cards for cautions and red cards for expulsions. FIFA introduced the system at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

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8273. Canadians Chose Toonie Over Nanuq-Canada's $1 coin is commonly called the

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8274. Savanna Animals Fear Human Voices-Wild animals in the African savanna were twice as likely to flee from recordings of calm human conversations as from lion growls or hunting sounds. Researchers placed speakers and cameras near waterholes in South Africa's Greater Kruger National Park and analyzed more than 15,000 videos. The response appeared in 18 of 19 observed species, or about 95%, supporting the idea that wildlife recognizes humans as a

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8275. Pope Leo Keeps Wordle Routine-As Pope Leo XIV still plays Wordle and Words With Friends with his brother during their daily phone calls (as of September 2026), continuing a routine they had before his election. His brother, a man named John Prevost, said they were already playing the word games together before Leo entered the conclave that elected him pope in May 2025.

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8276. Strength Training Rebuilds Aging Bones-We gradually lose bone mass as we age, with bone loss averaging about 1% per year after age 40. Fortunately, strength training can slow this loss and even build new bone. When we lift weights, the pulling and pushing forces stress our bones, stimulating bone-forming cells and producing stronger, denser bones.

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8277. Colorado Protects Home Vegetable Gardens-Under Colorado law, HOAs cannot prohibit owners of detached single-family homes from establishing vegetable gardens in their front, back, or side yards. SB23-178 took effect on August 7, 2023, requiring HOA landscaping rules to permit such gardens in all three areas. This does not apply to condominiums or attached homes that share one or more walls.

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8278. ERAP2 Boosted Plague Survival Odds-An ERAP2 genetic variant that helped people survive the Black Death is also a known risk factor for the autoimmune condition Crohn's disease. Researchers studying ancient DNA found that people with two copies of the protective variant were about 40% more likely to survive the plague than those without it. The variant helped immune cells kill the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis more effectively.

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8279. Dashan Became China's Foreign Superstar-Canadian comedian and television personality Mark Rowswell, better known by his stage name Dashan, became one of China's best-known foreign entertainers and has often been described as the country's most famous foreigner, despite remaining largely unknown in North America. His breakthrough came in 1988, when his fluent Mandarin performance in a comedy skit on CCTV's New Year's Gala, watched by an estimated 550 million people, propelled him to national stardom overnight. He later studied the traditional Chinese comedy form xiangsheng and, in December 1989, became the first foreigner formally accepted into its strict performance hierarchy.

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8280. Mississippi Allows Drinking While Driving-Mississippi has no statewide open-container law, making it technically legal for a driver to drink alcohol while operating a vehicle as long as the driver does not become impaired. Drunk driving remains illegal, with a blood alcohol limit of 0.08% for adults, 0.04% for commercial drivers, and 0.02% for minors. Mississippi is the only U.S. state without a statewide law banning open alcohol containers in motor vehicles.

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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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