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New Mexico State University's first graduating class, the class of 1893, had a single member. Unfortunately he was murdered before he received his diploma.

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Abigail Adams was the first Second Lady and the second First Lady of the United States.

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Al Capone's older brother was a prohibition agent.

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Christmas Island, Kiribati has towns named London, Poland, and Banana.

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Many people know that Saint Peter was crucified upside-down, as he considered himself unworthy to die the same way Jesus did.

But this story doesn't actually appear in the Bible. It comes from the apocryphal Acts of Peter, in which Peter duels the magician Simon Magus. Simon does a bunch of magic tricks and flies around, but Peter summons the power of God to knock him out of the air. The people are so enraged that Peter (after receiving a revelation and preaching one last time) is crucified.

13 Comments

Level ∞

Sep 13, 2023

All facts on this page from @Qyz except #894 which is from @TurkeyCookTime.

Level 52

Sep 15, 2023

this is pretty cool but why 'christmas island' and not 'kiritimati'?

Level 63

Jan 23, 2024

fun fact: kiritimati is a corruption of christimas

Level 63

Jan 23, 2024

and kiribati is gilbert

Level 65

Jun 30, 2024

In Gilbertese “ti” makes an “s” sound

Level 52

Oct 30, 2025

In Gilbertese it kinda sounds like Kirismas.

Level 63

May 11, 2024

"Unfortunately he was murdered before he received his diploma." Well that took a turn.

Level 69

Jul 25, 2024

The categories in the Olympic sports are largely unrecognizable. Decathlon is not on there but Modern Pentathlon is included. Running is not listed--included under athletics?? That's pretty obscure. Was this translated from French by Google Translate?

Level 52

Feb 10, 2026

This is an interesting facts page, not the quiz comments.

Level 38

Aug 12, 2024

there is also an uncivilized settlement called paris, kiribati on that island

Level 85

Jan 13, 2025

It's abandoned. I don't know what you mean by "uncivilized".

Level 26

Feb 11, 2025

#895: The fact is true, but just a friendly reminder that the Apocrypha and as such the Acts of Peter are complete bullcrap and no orthodox Christian believes it to be true.

The duel between Peter and Simon Magus is certainly fiction (as in, fictional to Christians). The Saint Peter crucifixion, however, I am not sure about the status on that.

Level 43

Mar 25, 2025

If I remember right the remains thought to be St. Peter's in Rome have damaged feet in a way which would confirm that part