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A 9.0 earthquake releases 1,000 times the energy of a 7.0 earthquake. That's why, in the century from 1906–2005, just three earthquakes were responsible for about half the total energy released by ALL earthquakes.

912

Singapore didn't have to fight for independence. It was involuntarily expelled from Malaysia in 1965.

913

Saddam Hussein once commissioned a copy of the Quran written in his own blood. This interesting book is currently held locked in a mosque in an Iraq.

914

Mary, mother of Jesus, is mentioned more in the Quran than in the Bible. Furthermore, in the Quran, Mary is explicitly identified as the greatest woman to have ever lived.

915

The last person to receive a U.S. Civil War pension died in 2020. Irene Triplett was born in 1930 to an 83-year old former soldier. Mentally impaired, she was eligible to inherit her father's pension due to her disability. At the time of her death, she was receiving $73/month from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Level ∞

Sep 28, 2023

Credit @qyz for #913, 914, and 915

Level 70

Sep 28, 2023

There is a language called "E" in the Guangxi province of china

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

Level 70

Sep 28, 2023

ǂKxʼaoǁʼae is probably the most lexically unusual language

Level 55

Dec 22, 2023

lol

Level 66

Sep 30, 2023

Don’t get me wrong - Wikipedia is a good source of information if you were doing a report on some well known topic; but on an ambiguous language like the so called ‘E’, is it really gonna be your most trustworthy source?

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Level 81

Sep 30, 2023

Wikipedia is usually very reliable. Given that they list a good number of sources, I see no reason to think otherwise.

Level 82

Mar 1, 2024

On straight facts like the existence of something, as is the case here, it's fine. On more subjective matters, the number of sources doesn't matter so much as the quality of them, and some Wikipedia contributors really do not know how to evaluate sources.

Level 48

Oct 9, 2023

I have an additional source on the "E" language, not sure how genuine it is though...

https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/e-language

Level 80

Oct 22, 2023

If you're still finding it dubious, I'd say a UNESCO listing would be reliable.

Plus, discounting it on the name alone is a bit odd - it's a transliteration of the character 誒, which is, well, "e" (or "ế", I suppose). You'll get a lot of short names from transliteration.

Level 66

Oct 25, 2023

Mhm

Level 63

Apr 12, 2024

Coming from someone named TheLetterP...

Level 43

Oct 25, 2025

Usually, when I am researching things, I check wikipedias sources because they are usually .gov sources

Level 48

Oct 9, 2023

Additionally, there is a language called "Karen".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%27gaw_Karen_language

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Karen-languages

Level 68

Oct 15, 2023

Wikipedia is fine, just it often pays to follow the citations and check sources actually say what they say they say.

Level 52

Oct 16, 2025

But its pronounce kah-REN

Level 56

Sep 16, 2025

I must say (as a former Wikipedia administrator/sysop in my native language), I'm positively surprised seeing how many people (at least here) really understand the circunstances when Wikipedia can be very reliable or not so much. There's still hope for humanity, hehehe.

Level 54

Sep 29, 2023

South Dakota is both the US State with the lowest estimated percentage of LGBT population and the State with the highest amount of cities named Gayville (tied with NY)

Level 66

Sep 30, 2023

My middle school has this thing called “The Gay Straight Sexuality Alliance’

Level 81

Sep 30, 2023

The Governor of Missouri once issued an executive order to kill all Mormons in the state.

Level 81

Sep 30, 2023

William Langer, governor of North Dakota, once declared the state independent and ordered martial law after he was convicted of a crime. He was later found not guilty and went on to win re-election.

Level 81

Oct 1, 2023

The 54th Massachusetts was not the first fully colored regiment in the United States. Kansas had already raised two before their establishment.

Level 83

Oct 1, 2023

So the replacement for the Richter scale isn’t Log10? What a strange and arbitrary decision.

Level 81

Oct 1, 2023

It was based on the scale of star magnitude, if I recall correctly.

Level 67

Apr 5, 2024

It is log10, the number in the fact should be 100.

Level 81

Oct 1, 2023

Henry Ford ran for Senator in 1918, but lost by a slim margin of 1.7%.

Level 54

Oct 3, 2023

the bordering cities of North Sioux City, Sioux City and South Sioux City are in three different states

Level 78

Oct 12, 2023

Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, Springfield, and Springfield are all in different states.

Level 76

Jul 14, 2024

Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, Riverside, and Riverside are all in different states.

Level 66

Oct 3, 2023

The Matrix was originally supposed to star Will Smith as Neo, but he turned it down to star in Wild Wild West. One of the movies has an 8.7 on IMDb, while the other has a 4.9. I'll let you guess which is which.

Level 66

Oct 3, 2023

Similarly, The MCU was originally going to star Tom Cruise as Iron Man and Emily Blunt as Black Widow, but both passed up the opportunity.

It's crazy how all three characters became so iconic because of the actors they ended up casting

Level 53

Oct 4, 2023

Parts of Qhapaq Ñan, the longest road system in South America during the 15th century is antipodal to parts of the Silk Roads, the longest road system in Asia in the 15th century.

Level 70

Oct 5, 2023

fact 123 needs an update

Level 54

Oct 5, 2023

Oklahoma has cities named Disney and Warner

Level 66

Oct 6, 2023

The popular song heard in and associated with circuses is actually called "Entry of the Gladiators" and was written by Julius Fuchik.

Level 55

Oct 9, 2023

Arnon de Melo, a Brazilian senator and father of president Fernando Collor de Melo, once tried killing a fellow senator in congress, only for him to shoot the wrong man by accident, who died weeks later.

Level 70

Oct 9, 2023

Wassamassaw is the longest palindromic city name im pretty sure

Level 70

Oct 9, 2023

F, R, V, X, and Z are the only letters that don't come after X in any city name

Level 81

Oct 10, 2023

Okay… ?

Level 70

Oct 10, 2023

?....yakO

Level 70

Oct 10, 2023

Better explanation: No cities start with the letters:

Level 54

Oct 11, 2023

XX Farms Colonia, Texas starts with xx

Level 70

Oct 11, 2023

i dont know if i should count it because it doesnt have a wikipedia page or google maps entry. ill do it anyway

Level 54

Oct 12, 2023

it doesn't appear on google maps normally but if you search xx farms colonia in google maps's search bar it will show up

Level 81

Oct 12, 2023

I don't think anyone expected a city to start with those letters. Did you guys know that no country starts with WF?

Level 70

Oct 12, 2023

but cities start with Xa, Xb, Xc, Xd, Xe, Xg, Xh, Xi, Xj, Xk, Xl, Xm, Xn, Xo, Xp, Xq, Xs, Xt, Xu, Xw, Xx, and Xy. So how about instead of making some snarky comment, you keep it to yourself next time, alright?

Level 81

Oct 12, 2023

Man, the fact isn't interesting.

Level 70

Oct 12, 2023

And I don't think yours are either. But you don't see me criticizing your facts or being snarky about it. It's a different opinion, so just don't harass people who don't share the same factual interests as you.

Level 81

Oct 13, 2023

We really beefing. Showdown at XX Farms Colonia.

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Level 68

Oct 15, 2023

Tensions mounting, folks. Looks like @Qyz has challenged @ooftownroad to a duel at XX Farms Colonial. Expecting to see a fierce showdown, possibly at high noon. As the challenged person, @ooftownroad has the right to choose the weapons for combat. Currently, the most popular combatant's choice would be exchanging comment burns, followed by YouTube video watching marathons, and pool noodle sword fights.

Level 75

Oct 9, 2023

Humans have only detected 7 (confirmed) asteroids before they impacted the Earth, all less than 24 hours before it hits.

Level 76

Mar 13, 2025

Probably because they were all very small and couldn't do much damage anyway? I think an apocalypse-level-sized asteroid should be big enough to detect many days or, hopefully, weeks ahead of time. Still won't be that much help though :\

Level 81

Oct 11, 2023

When president Benjamin Harrison signed the statehood bills for North and South Dakota, he had the papers shuffled so nobody could tell which came first. It's still not known for certain to this day.

Level 54

Oct 12, 2023

Georgia has 3 "Peanut Capitals of the World" and one "Spanish Peanut Capital of the World"

Level 70

Oct 12, 2023

Alaska has over 3,000,000 unnamed lakes

Level ∞

Oct 28, 2023

Nah. That's like 5 lakes per square mile. A lake must have some permanence and shape.

It can't just be some rain that fell on swampy ground and made a puddle one spring.

Level 70

Nov 16, 2023

Literally every source i can find says otherwise. Ill list a few here.

https://a-z-animals.com/blog/how-many-lakes-are-in-alaska/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Alaska#:~:text=Alaska%20has%20about%203%2C197%20officially,reservoirs%2C%20and%20167%20named%20dams.

https://www.whiteclouds.com › top-10 › top-10-states-...

https://www.geographyrealm.com/geography-of-u-s-lakes/

https://lakehub.com/lake-info/the-state-with-the-most-lakes/

https://adventures.com/blog/10-best-alaska-lakes/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/bottomless-lake-alaska/

https://homework.study.com/explanation/how-many-lakes-are-in-the-usa.html

https://www.alaska.org/how-big-is-alaska/minnesota

https://travelness.com/best-lakes-in-alaska

https://dailypassport.com/states-with-the-most-lakes/

There. Alaska has over 3 Million lakes larger than 5 Acres.

Level 81

Oct 13, 2023

In the 1964 Illinois House of Representatives election, a new electoral map failed to be drawn on time, so all 177 seats were elected statewide. As a result, over 500 million individual votes were cast.

Level 73

Oct 14, 2023

The Illinois House of Representatives Election in 1964 had a voter turnout of over 500 million.

Level 81

Oct 14, 2023

Technically only about two million people voted. Over 500 million votes were cast, though.

Level 78

Nov 5, 2023

This one had a turnout of 1660%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_Liberian_general_election

Level 69

Oct 14, 2023

Southwest Papua, a province in Indonesia, is located on the Northwest of New Guinea (the island which the Papua region is in)

Level 69

Oct 20, 2023

A Daily Telegraph Crossword Puzzle in 1944 caused some alarm in the British Secret Services. It had contained some words that linked to the D-Day landings (at the time, the event hadn't happened and was still being planned). The words included Utah and Omaha (beaches landed on during D-Day), Overlord and Neptune (the codename for the battle of Normandy and the landings respectively) and Mulberry (the name for a temporary harbor set up on Omaha Beach).

The person who wrote the puzzle was arrested and interrogated, but found to be innocent.

Source

Level 69

Oct 20, 2023

There were British Secret Service plots to lace Hitler's food with Estrogen in order to make him less aggressive.

This plot was just an idea however and never went into development.

Level 69

Oct 24, 2023

A department in Southwestern Paraguay is called 'Presidente Hayes'. The department was named after Rutherford B. Hayes (the 19th president of the United States) who awarded the territory to Paraguay after mediating a boundary dispute caused by the Paraguayan War.

Source

Oh yea, the capital of the department was also eventually named after him...

Level 69

Oct 25, 2023

During Operation Nifty Package (an American operation to capture the Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega, the Americans had to blast loud music outside of a Vatican embassy in Panama (where Noriega had settled in, a place that the American force there couldn't infiltrate without causing some sort of controversy).

One of the songs played (or was at least within the lineup of the songs played) was Never Gonna Give You Up (yes, that one). Noriega eventually surrendered and was captured by the Americans after a week.

Level 80

Oct 22, 2023

What I find great about this is the Indonesian submission to the UN geographic naming committee explicitly says Southwest Papua is in the northwest. This is never touched upon.

Level 81

Oct 14, 2023

John Denver is one of only two people (the other being Stephen Foster) to write the official songs of two states.

Level 54

Oct 14, 2023

Bristol County RI and Kalawao County HI both have zero incorporated communities or Census-Designated Places. They have 82 and 50793 population respectively

Level 94

Jan 29, 2024

I think you have those population numbers flipped.

Level 54

Oct 15, 2023

Delaware's age of consent was at 7 years old from 1871 to 1889 and technically remained 7 until 1972

Level 81

Oct 15, 2023

Now that's an interesting fact.

Level 63

Apr 12, 2024

Source

Level 70

Oct 16, 2023

The smallest country in South America is over 100,000 times larger than the smallest countries of every other continent combined

Level 70

Oct 16, 2023

excluding antarctica for obvious reasons

Level 54

Oct 17, 2023

technically it doesnt matter if you exclude it since there are no countries in antarctica

Level 78

Oct 16, 2023

The subjects of American Gothic were the artist's sister and family dentist, who had never held a pitchfork in his life.

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

Level 78

Oct 16, 2023

In the Battle of Dibrivka 30 Ukrainian anarchists killed 620 trained Austrian and Ukrainian soldiers and captured 80 more along with four machine guns and two truckloads of ammunition.

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

Level 78

Oct 17, 2023

There is a circular floating island in Argentina that rotates in a circle around the outside of the circular body of water it is in.

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

Level 78

Oct 17, 2023

In Nix v. Hedden, the Supreme Court ruled that a tomato was a vegetable for purposes of tariffs and customs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden

Level 70

Oct 17, 2023

Quarterback John King threw 300 touchdowns in his career and never won an award. This is partly because I completely made him up.

Level 70

Oct 17, 2023

This is a joke please don't take this seriously.

Level 81

Oct 19, 2023

"Sweet Home Alabama" is not the official state song of Alabama. "Rocky Mountain High," however, is the state song of Colorado.

Level 81

Oct 20, 2023

There is a Donald J. Trump State Park in southern New York. It was created off lands donated by him in 2006.

Level 70

Oct 25, 2023

time facts that definitely aren't stolen from the previous page

The last person executed by guillotine was executed after the first Star Wars movie

Francoist Spain existed when Microsoft was founded

The Fax machine was patented only five days after the major Oregon trail journey

The famous painting "starry night" was painted after the founding of nintendo

When Kublai Khan existed, nobody had heard of New Zealand

Venice, Ragusa, Holy Roman Empire, and the Habsburgs existed as countries when the US was founded

Mauritania abolished slavery after the iPod

The last slave died after disney world opened

Picasso died in the same year as Pink Floyd's Dark side of the moon

McDonalds was founded before Auschwitz

Coca-Cola is only five years older than the entire country of Italy

John Quincy Adams knew both Washington and Lincoln

Mozart's career peaked when the US was fighting for independence

The Chicago Cubs won the world series when the Ottoman empire existed

Level 68

Oct 26, 2023

bro, many people existed before people had heard of New Zealand. Europeans only discovered them in the 1600's.

Level 81

Oct 26, 2023

It's fairly interesting that nobody settled on the islands until the 14th century.

Level 69

Jun 19, 2024

The fact is wrong anyway, as is Wikipedia. It is now commonly accepted Maori arrived in NZ between 1250 & 1300. Kublai Khan died 1294 so it is probable NZ was settled during his lifetime.

https://teara.govt.nz/en/history/page-1

Still the last largeish lands to be settled by humans though.

Level 69

Jun 19, 2024

But people had heard of them before Europeans

Level 67

Apr 5, 2024

The fact about earthquakes uses the wrong number. The Richter scale is base-10, so it should be 100 instead of 1.000

Level 79

Mar 9, 2025

You are right but this is the moment magnitude scale, not the Richter scale.

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Level 97

Jan 28, 2025

I believe there's a typo in fact #913 where it says "in an Iraq". I think it should just say "in Iraq".

Level 76

Mar 13, 2025

Level 87

Apr 19, 2025

There's more than one Iraq, man. Haven't you heard of the multiverse?

Level 56

Sep 22, 2025

Yup, I came here to comment this.

Level 43

Dec 9, 2025

How was Singapore "involuntarily expelled" from Malaysia? I've only read briefly about the Albatross file, but weren't Malaysian and Singapore leaders well aware of what they were doing? Unless it's referring to the fact this separation was orchestrated in complete secrecy, then the wording feels a bit misleading. Please correct me if I'm wrong.