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Interesting Facts - Page 204
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In 1978, a Russian physicist named Anatoli Bugorski accidentally stuck his head in the path of a particle accelerator, and a high energy proton beam passed through his head. It was thought that he received a lethal dose of radiation but he survived anyway, completed his PhD and even outlasted the particle accelerator.
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In the movie "Super Size Me" documentary film maker Morgan Spurlock claimed that eating McDonald's every day for a month caused him to gain 25 pounds and have serious health problems. Unfortunately, he didn't disclose that he was an alcoholic who drank heavily throughout the 30 day experiment.
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In the 1970s, Italy passed possibly the most generous pension program in world history. The so-called "baby pensions" allowed government workers to retire as early as age 29. By 2011, more than a half million retired government workers had received pensions before the age of 50.
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In 1992, Italy took 0.6% out of every Italian bank account in order to address a debt crisis.
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Louis XIV reigned so long that he outlived two of his heirs, first his son, then his grandson. When he finally died, his great-grandson inherited the throne.
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Before Abraham Lincoln became a politician, he was a champion wrestler. With more than 300 bouts under his belt, Lincoln only lost one match in his career and was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1992. -Minecraftyoshi2
When Pirates of the Caribbean opened at Disneyland in 1967, all of the skeletons on the attraction were actual human bones. As of 2024, there is still one left, the skull on the headboard of the big bed -Minecraftyoshi2
Sound can be negative decibels. For example, the quietest place on Earth is Microsoft’s anechoic chamber in Redmond, WA, USA, at -20.6 decibels. These anechoic chambers are built out of heavy concrete and brick and are mounted on springs to stop vibrations from getting in through the floor. -JetPunker180
During the production of Toy Story 2 an employee accidentally deleted nearly a year worth of animated scenes from the movie and was only saved since another employee happened to have a backup of the entire movie on her home computer. -Minecraftyoshi2
The music used in the Finnish national was composed by a German immigrant, and its lyrics were originally in Swedish. -noivern
nobody knows if South Dakota or North Dakota became a state first, since President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the papers granting statehood after he signed them-thread
The music used in the Finnish national anthem was composed by a German immigrant, its lyrics were originally in Swedish, and it shares the same tune as the Estonian national anthem.
- me + thread (the estonian part)
After Soviet submarine B-59 had depth charges dropped on it by the US, the staff had no outside contact so thought the explosions were signs of nuclear war. Officer Vasily Arkhipov was the only one against launching a nuclear torpedo that could itself have caused nuclear war.