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The space shuttle cost about $1 billion for every time it was launched.
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During WWII, more than one million Russians died in the Siege of Leningrad. That was more than the combined American and British death toll for the entire war.
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In Denmark, it forbidden to insult the flag of any country, except the flag of Denmark itself.
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In the United States, men do almost all the dangerous jobs. Men are 10 times more likely than women to die at work.
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In 1979–1980, the Hunt brothers from Texas tried to corner the silver market by buying all the silver in the world. At their peak, the three brothers controlled about 1/3rd of all privately-held silver.
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Quizmaster
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May 29, 2021
Credit @1ProximaCentauri for 687.
Quizmaster
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May 29, 2021
Credit @Afghabwe for 688. However, it should be noted that this law is rarely if ever enforced.
NV1
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Level 55
May 29, 2021
Tragic, unneeded loss of life.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
May 30, 2021
Hitler Idolized Napoleon, yet he didn't learn from Napoleon's biggest Mistake.
UhmmmACYSHUALY
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Level 36
May 30, 2021
Napoleon didn't actually choose to invade it in Winter. He invaded it in the summer. He sent a letter to the Russian leader asking for his surrender, but he never responded. Napoleon waited for a reply for a month until it was winter, and then the Russians came.
1ProximaCentauri
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May 30, 2021
Neither did Hitler. He made STAGGERING progress in the summer, and the winter is what stopped him from finishing the war before it really escalated. You should never invade Russia, because you will have to fight in the winter some time.
Dimby
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Jan 4, 2025
Before it really escalated? It was the largest invasion force ever.
Afghabwe
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May 30, 2021
Abu Dhabi Plaza is the tallest building in Kazakhstan.
1ProximaCentauri
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Jun 1, 2021
The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the UAE
Afghabwe
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Level 39
Jun 2, 2021
Everybody knows that.
1ProximaCentauri
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Jun 2, 2021
That's my point. Every country has a tallest building.
Afghabwe
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Jun 2, 2021
No, I mean Abu Dhabi Plaza... In Kazakhstan. Abu Dhabi is in UAE but Abu Dhabi Plaza is in Kazakhstan. I mean that.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Jun 2, 2021
I know But that pattern applies to many buildings.
PetiteFoireuse
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Level 57
May 1, 2025
What other countries' tallest buildings are named after the capital of different country?
Afghabwe
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Level 39
Jun 2, 2021
OK.
Danny999
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Level 65
Feb 8, 2026
well looks like it is added
1ProximaCentauri
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May 30, 2021
This Article was the longest-lasting hoax article on Wikipedia. It was created in April of 2006 and wasn't debunked until February of this Year. Meaning it lasted for 14 years and 10 months before being debunked.

The source for the Length is Wikipedia's list of their own hoaxes.

benzeller
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Level 65
Jun 1, 2021
It took me way too long to get the joke, but I haven't laughed that hard in a while
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
Jun 2, 2021
I just saw that too, the last name!
AlexBowie
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Level 57
Oct 26, 2021
Can someone please explain the joke because I am too stupid to understand
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Jan 3, 2022
“Urbuti”
SirPhilippines
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Level 73
Jan 25, 2022
Sheikh Urbuti sounds like "Shake your Booty" probably refencing the Frank Zappa music album Sheik Yerbouti.
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Apr 20, 2022
What about the page on global warming?

(clearly (what should be)) kidding

JWatson24
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May 30, 2021
Genghis Khan's conquests led to large amounts of land being abandoned, allowing forests to regrow. Overall the regrowth is estimated to have pulled 700 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere--equal to the annual amount of gasoline used globally! This also may have resulted in a period of global cooling.

Source

ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Jun 2, 2021
Wow.
Xtrordinary
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Level 75
Jan 17, 2025
So you'ree saying we should have a country take over a large part of the world, the only question is which.
Minecraftyoshi2
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Level 57
May 2, 2025
Not just that it has to be a country of nomads who won't settle the land after conquering it
CambodianQuizzer
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May 31, 2021
America has its own Chernobyl, though it's not on America at all. The Americans were responsible for doing this—the United States detonated the Castle Bravo nuke at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a protectorate of the United States. The people were evacuated, of course, and were later returned to the island when they thought it was stable. However, the Castle Bravo bomb was accidentally 2.5 times stronger than the proposed megatons of TNT. It's not just Bikini Atoll either; the Ivy Mike bomb also annihilated the whole island of Enewetak Atoll, leaving huge amounts of radiation. The United States later built a dome that prevents exposure to the other islands, similar to Chernobyl's sarcophagus. So in one sentence, the United States basically nearly destroyed the Marshall Islands.
1ProximaCentauri
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May 31, 2021
RLL fan :)
Quizmaster
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Jun 1, 2021
Must not be too radioactive considering the population of the Marshall Islands has more than quadrupled since the tests.
SpencerGT
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Level 68
Jan 7, 2022
And the number of arms has quintupled!
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 77
May 31, 2021
A video game predicted Venezuela's economic collapse, as well as a civil war.
1ProximaCentauri
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Level 53
May 31, 2021
HAI fan :)
y4r4
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Level 40
Jun 1, 2021
I wanted to see an page 19 of interesting quotes. :P
Afghabwe
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Level 39
Jun 1, 2021
Me too!
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Jun 22, 2021
@Quizmaster, #688 should be it's not it
MD396
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May 21, 2022
It forbidden.
Werifesteria
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Jul 9, 2021
about 5.5 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea had dried dried up but was refilled in a catastrophic flood when the atlantic broke through the strait of gibraltar. A similar flood filled the Black Sea 9000 years ago, possibly giving rise to the biblical flood story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclean_flood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis

gsharpthegreat
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Apr 14, 2025
689 is another reason why men get paid more
gsharpthegreat
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Apr 14, 2025
688 "it forbidden" -> "it is forbidden"
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