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Northeast China may have the world's lowest fertility rate, at an estimated 0.55 children born per woman. This would mean that each generation is 72.5% smaller than the last. After five generations, the reduction is 99.84%.
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In 1818, when California was part of Spain, an Argentinian privateer named Hippolyte Bouchard invaded the town of Monterey and held it for six days.
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About 4% of the world's CO2 emissions come from the production of cement.
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China produces more than 30 times as much cement as the United States.
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Ida May Fuller was the first recipient of Social Security in the United States. She paid $24.75 into the retirement system and received $22,888 in benefits.
64 Comments
Quizmaster
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Feb 2, 2021
Stop spamming these pages please. Feel free to post well-sourced facts.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 3, 2021
Credit @mundidades for fact #597, and @turnbacktwo for #599.
KingEureka
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Level 63
Jan 30, 2021
What is the data for birth rate in Uyghur? I couldn't find any sources for it other than Chinese state-owned ones.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 30, 2021
Northeast China, not northwest.

https://mercatornet.com/chinas-northeast-the-worlds-ultralow-fertility-capital/24529/

NV1
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Level 55
Jan 30, 2021
Heilongjiang?
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
Aug 11, 2021
Good thing China has 1 billion+ people
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Jan 30, 2021
2 percent of the population has green eyes
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Jan 30, 2021
Phobophobia is fear of having a phobia and panophobia is the fear of everything.
Zylco
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Level 44
Jan 30, 2021
China should get rid of The Two-Child Policy. All they have to do from over-populating is move cities more to the west. Kind of like how India's vast population is spread around everywhere and not get on the east or west.
Runo
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Level 22
Feb 4, 2021
I agree
sacheth9
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Level 65
Mar 2, 2021
Unfortunately, that would be really difficult to do. The western half of China is completely different culturally, geographically, and economically than the Eastern half. A large chunk of Western China is pure desert and with the addition of the Loess Plateau, in which water is quite scarce, it gets even more difficult to sustain a large population. Some parts of Western China are really, really cold. Finally, the altitude in the area is high and has less oxygen.
Geographydabest
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Level 38
May 29, 2022
It would be like if Canada told some people from Toronto that their new home was now on Ellesmere Island.

It wouldn't work.

PHG1960
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Level 69
Sep 11, 2024
It's China. You do what you're told.
SlipperyEel
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Level 52
Jan 30, 2021
BTW Wood Frogs are the only animal that is cryogenic.
mundidades
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Level 46
Feb 1, 2021
At one time, Austria-Hungary, USA and many other countries simultaneously had territory in Tianjin, China.

Source.

mundidades
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Level 46
Feb 1, 2021
There was a treaty between Britain and China on which the British stopped having any special rights over China. The formal name of the treaty was "Treaty Between His Majesty in Respect of the United Kingdom and India and His Excellency the President of the National Government of the Republic of China for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China and the Regulation of Related Matters."
mundidades
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Level 46
Feb 3, 2021
Thanks for putting my fact!
BelgianFries
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Level 47
Feb 3, 2021
Tumbleweed is actually really damaging to agriculture, CGP Grey made an interesting video about it. For example, each tumbleweed drops hundreds of thousands of seeds which eventually grow in to more and more and so on. Tumbleweed is also really tricky to clear, it sticks, and it's thorny so you have to clear out each tumble weed one by one. URL here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsWr_JWTZss
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Feb 3, 2021
I saw that. To sum it up, tumbleweed is not that small dead bush you see rolling across your favorite Western's screen, but an entire swarm that poses a serious risk to crops and wildlife.
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Sep 5, 2021
Yah. I’ve seen it before. I was very shocked it looked the way it did
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
Mar 10, 2024
And it's Russian!
MG17
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Level 43
Feb 3, 2021
600 Facts! Yahoo! #1kLetsGo!
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Feb 4, 2021
When you flip a coin, the odds are not 50-50. The outcome is slightly more likely to be whatever side was up when you flipped it.
gewehr6628
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Level 47
May 25, 2021
this
PHG1960
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Level 69
Sep 11, 2024
Having flipped coins thousands of times for statistics, I don't think that's true. There is a slight bias due to the slight differences on the sides of the coin.
NV1
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Level 55
Feb 4, 2021
Dasie Belle ward was the oldest person born on the Leap Year. She was born in 1916 and technically is technically 26 years old now.
Geographystar
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2021
Hawaii has only had 8 governors since it became a state, that means more people have walked on the moon (12), than have been the governor of the State of Hawaii.
Geographystar
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Level 68
Aug 8, 2023
Update, there have now been 9 governors
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 5, 2021
3 facts
SirPhilippines
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Level 73
Feb 5, 2021
Same!
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 6, 2021
554, 577 and 599
NV1
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Level 55
Feb 6, 2021
Same!!!!!!!!!
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Sep 5, 2021
I made a quiz about every user with a used fact
FaroPor
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Level 60
Feb 6, 2021
Fun Fact 614.

Sünnipäevanädalalõpupeopärastlõunaväsimatus is the longest word in Estonian.

Jato
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Level 70
Apr 9, 2021
According to Google translate, that means “Afternoon fatigue after the birthday weekend”.
FaroPor
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Level 60
Feb 6, 2021
Fun Fact 615.

In 1942, Malta was awarded the George Cross for "heroism and devotion to it's people" during WWII. This was shown on the country's flag when they became independent from the UK in 1964.

turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 6, 2021
fun fact 616: 3000 people can cross in Tokyo's Shibuya Scramble crossing.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Feb 6, 2021
Australian Paul Clarke climbed up the Empire State Building's 1,576 steps in 9 minutes and 3 seconds. The fastest to do it
Zylco
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Level 44
Feb 7, 2021
Hey, why did you delete my facts Quizmaster?
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 12, 2021
You are free to post facts. I'll read them all. But if you post them more than once, or they are not well sourced, they might be deleted.
Zylco
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Level 44
Feb 13, 2021
OH
SirPhilippines
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Level 73
Feb 8, 2021
My opinion, but the bottom-right subdivision of Libya looks like the state of Nevada
FaroPor
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Level 60
Feb 8, 2021
Lol
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Feb 8, 2021
It's a bit of a stretch if you ask me.

SirPhilippines
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Level 73
Feb 8, 2021
A little
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 8, 2021
Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 8, 2021
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 8, 2021
John Lennon's first girlfriend was called Thelma Pickles.
AlexThirkell
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Level 74
Feb 8, 2021
How's the "no spamming" rule going lol

I don't understand the cement one (#598) - is that supposed to be a lot or a little? It's a lot in total, but considering concrete is by far the most widely-used construction material in the world, used in unimaginable amounts in pretty much every country in the world, I might've guessed it would be higher. Or it seems about what you'd expect.

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 8, 2021
To me it's a surprisingly high amount.
PHG1960
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Level 69
Sep 11, 2024
The post is poorly worded. Cement manufacturing creates 4% of the CO2 emitted by man but nature produces far more.
raaaadish
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Level 45
Feb 8, 2021
Winnipeg is closer to Southern tip of Texas than it is to St. Johns, Newfoundland!
raaaadish
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Level 45
Feb 8, 2021
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English Dictionary
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Feb 8, 2021
Yes, but the full name of titin is longer. Want me to say it for you?
raaaadish
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Level 45
Feb 14, 2021
Is it in the full name in the English Dictionary?
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
Feb 15, 2021
Probably too large it might fill the whole dictionary.
volulo
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Level 70
Feb 9, 2021
Kim su-hak is a teacher from South Korea. He teaches the Korean language, but his name 'su-hak' means mathematics in Korean.
volulo
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Level 70
Feb 9, 2021
When Park Chunghee, who is a former Korean president got married, the officiant got confused and thought 'Park chunghee' was the bride's name. However, the name of that officiant was Heo-eok, which sounds like 'Heok', a gasping sound in Korean.
volulo
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Level 70
Feb 9, 2021
A musical piece named 'Long player' is 1000 years long.
Evanflame1667
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Level 37
Jun 3, 2021
Can't help but feel like 598 and 599 are throwing some shade haha.
PHG1960
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Level 69
Jun 10, 2021
What the environmentalists don't take into account is the reduced CO2 emissions due to the longer life of concrete relative to alternative building materials.
PHG1960
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Level 69
Jun 10, 2021
China produces many concrete buildings that fall down.
HinesBrothers
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Level 78
Jun 25, 2023
For 596, the math does not work. It should be for every 1000 people, 50 are left, or for every 100 people, 5 are left.
PapaFurchetta
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Level 94
Sep 20, 2023
The math works, but it assumes that each generation is split 50/50 male/female and that they all pair up:

1st Generation: 1000 (500M/500F)

2nd Generation: 275 (187.5M/187.5F)

3rd Generation: 75.6 (37.8M/37.8F)

4th Generation: 20.8 (10.4M/10.4F)

5th Generation: 5.7 (2.8M/2.8F)

6th Generation: 1.6 very lonely people

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