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In the 1980s, businessman Armand Hammer acquired a significant stake in the company that makes Arm & Hammer brand baking soda.

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In 1960, about 13% of the population of Algeria were French people, known as "pied-noirs". Almost all of them moved to France after Algeria became independent in 1962.

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Kelp is not a plant.

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Julius Caesar claimed to have defeated an army of 430,000 Gauls without losing a single Roman soldier.

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The map of Africa may soon need a major facelift. The countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda are in talks to join together into a single nation called the East African Federation.

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Feb 14, 2021

M and M's stand for Mars and Murrie

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Feb 14, 2021

Cotton candy or sweets was made by a dentist

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Feb 14, 2021

Set has the most meanings of any word

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Feb 14, 2021

Bees can sting other bees

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Feb 14, 2021

E appears in 11 percent in all words

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Feb 14, 2021

Koalas have fingerprints

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Feb 14, 2021

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English Dictionary

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Feb 14, 2021

Titin is longer

Level 78

Feb 16, 2021

have you ever found titin in a dictionary? I think not

Level 46

Feb 16, 2021

I have

Level 73

Feb 22, 2021

show me.

Level 46

Feb 25, 2021

i no longer have it

Level 65

Mar 23, 2021

I had it but it was at the end of the book and it took up a whole page.

+14

Level 43

May 11, 2021

i think 186 thousand characters would take up more than one singular page.

Level 65

May 17, 2021

It was at like 1 font size and like practically overlapping

Level 45

Feb 14, 2021

Winnipeg is closer to Southern tip of Texas than it is to St. Johns, Newfoundland!

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Level 60

Feb 15, 2021

In Nepal on June 1st 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra shot and killed his Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Two Uncles, Two Aunts, a cousin and a security chief before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide.

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Level 41

Jul 10, 2021

So who took over?

Level 48

Aug 16, 2021

Why did you use capital letters for some family members but not others? Is it something to do with respect?

Level 63

May 30, 2023

The only one that isn't capitalized is cousin, but I would guess it's random since Two is capitalized.

Level 66

May 21, 2021

605 is really interesting!

Level 70

Jan 10, 2022

Don't hold your breath on this happening. e.g. Who is going to be overall president, where is the capital city going to be located and named, what sort of government will it be and free voting for all, will every country have an equal voice in government, etc. etc..........

Level 54

Jul 6, 2022

Especially now since the drc is apparently planning to join it too.

It's basically just a trade agreement at this point so i doubt it will ever happen.

Level 92

Oct 11, 2022

Julius Caesar realized in politics no matter how blatant the lie, just adamantly keep repeating it and people will repeat it as gospel even though they know it's bull.

Level 70

Sep 5, 2023

I knew him, he was in the next room to Elvis Prestley.

Level 50

May 27, 2025

Libenter homines id quo volunt credunt (people willingly believe what they want). Julius Caesar himself wrote this in "De bello gallico", his chronicle of the war against the Gauls. So we cannot say we were not warned.

Level 55

Nov 24, 2022

Pied noir means black foot in french.

Level 65

May 10, 2023

Fact 605 itself needs a facelift to include the D.R. Congo.

Level 73

Dec 2, 2023

And now Somalia. This feels like a proposed state will never happen, but hopefully they take action to deescalate the civil war.

Level 79

Apr 5, 2026

why is El Salvador not accepted in the second line?