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For the 2022/23 school year, nearly 1.9% of the population of Bhutan received a visa to study in Australia. Since visas can last for multiple years, it's possible that more than 5% of Bhutanese citizens are currently studying in Australia.
1042
Silk was produced in China as early as 6500 BC, but wasn't produced outside of China until around 300 AD.
1043
The kingslayer jellyfish got its name after killing a tourist named Robert King in 2002.
1044
Marilyn Monroe was never even nominated for an Oscar.
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The Tongass National Forest is the largest rainforest in the U.S. and the largest temperate rainforest in the world.
39 Comments
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 20, 2025
Credit @Tinny7 for #1042.

Credit @PontiacLover for #1045.

McKenzieFam
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Level 68
Jan 20, 2025
#1043 that's a claim to fame you really don't want
ooftownroad
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Level 70
Jan 21, 2025
India has more villages than Montenegro has people

(669,000 to 638,000)

Noivern
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Level 65
Jan 21, 2025
if this is true i will be surprised
Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 22, 2025
That is awesome
Noivern
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Level 65
Jan 21, 2025
can confirm that there is a large bhutanese population living here, read in the news that some lost their jobs just to see the king of bhutan.

submit facts here

IFGroup
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Level 40
Jan 21, 2025
Fact drop from the IF Group!

Rabbit Hash, Kentucky is a small town that always elects a dog as mayor.

-Interest1ngFacts

Many major cities have been built on top of dormant volcanoes such as Naples, Auckland, and Jackson.

-Minecraftyoshi2

Auckland, New Zealand is built across 54 volcanoes, 53 of which are extinct.

-McKenzieFam

Rappers Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Playboi Carti, Baby Keem, and Viper all have the last name Carter.

-JohnnyYeet

A castle in Austria (Castle Itter) was contested with the Wehrmacht and Americans fighting side by side with French POWs against the Nazi forces.

-CambodianQuizzer

New Mexico was named before the nation of Mexico.

-SirPhilippines

ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Jan 21, 2025
How is the last one true
ooftownroad
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Level 70
Jan 21, 2025
The last one is a little misleading. A better wording would be "New Mexico was named before Mexico became a country"
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Jan 22, 2025
Yeah that makes a lot more sense
Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 22, 2025
The fact is, when the Spanish colonists came to settle in New Mexico, they originally named it Nuevo México (Spanish for New Mexico) after the Aztec Valley of Mexico – not the country of Mexico. But, it couldn't have been named after the country of Mexico at all. Source: https://www.fl4k.com/blog/exploring-hispanic-culture-in-america-new-mexico
SirPhilippines
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Level 73
Jan 22, 2025
I’m kind of angry that this one was the one chosen out of all of the other facts. Seems like my least factual one too, and the other ones I submitted I liked so much more.

Looking into it further, by the time this was submitted, I had 3 other facts with more likes than this one.

I even elaborated on this fact which should’ve been used instead of this partially true statement, but oh well

Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 24, 2025
Still an interesting fact that I can annoy my dad with still!
Xtrordinary
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Level 75
Jan 22, 2025
there should be more given the hiatus
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
Jan 23, 2025
I apologise for the oversight, SirPhilippines. We'll do a better job in future selections
Danny999
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Level 65
Jan 22, 2025
In the 17th century, tulips were more valuable than gold

Nintendo was established in 1887

Miami is the only major city in the US founded by a woman

Until 2015, red Skittles contained crushed beetle parts

The Blue Whale's tongue is heavier than an elephant

Google was once called BackRub

Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 22, 2025
Google was also supposed to be called Googol after the number.
Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 22, 2025
Yellowstone National Park sits over a SUPERVOLCANO

Alaska has the biggest rainforest in the USA

Alaska has a dessert made of sand

The New River is the oldest in North America

There is a Basketball Court that sits above the US Supreme Court

FreeStater
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Level 81
Jan 22, 2025
That doesn't sound like a very good dessert.
Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 22, 2025
oops I meant desert! Stupid Auto Correct!
Xtrordinary
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Level 75
Jan 22, 2025
The New River fact is already done as Interesting Fact #574
Danny999
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Level 65
Jan 22, 2025
The word "podcast" is a portmanteau of iPod and Broadcast

The first known python species lived in Germany

A pope tried to ban sneezing

Pontiac
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Level 61
Jan 24, 2025
Ahhhh yes the pope who tried to ban sneezing... I wonder if he ever caught a COLD!!!!!!
Cinderz
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Level 47
Jan 24, 2025
The country of Cambodia and the US state of Oklahoma are the same size.
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Feb 1, 2025
Nvidia originally wanted to name themselves NVision, but the name was taken by a toilet paper manufacturing company. Why a toilet paper manufacturing company would be named NVision is beyond me. (Source)
Ilikepizza21
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Level 44
Feb 2, 2025
Martha's Vineyard used to have their own sign language. The last speaker died in 1952.
Pontiac
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Level 61
Feb 3, 2025
Hmmm... Sign language but the last speaker. Oxymoron is everywhere!
Danny999
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Level 65
Feb 3, 2025
Despite being 0% ethnically Mexican, Claudia Sheinbaum is president of Mexico
Pontiac
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Level 61
Feb 24, 2025
That is concerning. That is why the USA has laws about this stuff.
Rougarou
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Level 64
Feb 4, 2025
Dan Aykroyd has been in five Ghostbuster movies and has played a Ghostbuster in five movies, but he has not played a Ghostbuster in five Ghostbuster movies.
NEGeo
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Level 65
Feb 7, 2025
???????
Danny999
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Level 65
Feb 7, 2025
not all the movies were Ghostbuster movies?
Rougarou
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Level 64
Feb 16, 2025
He played a Ghostbuster in Casper: The Friendly Ghost.
Syrext
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Level 56
Feb 6, 2025
Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day (February 12, 1809)
Danny999
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Level 65
Feb 10, 2025
Giraffes are struck by lightning 30 times more than humans.

ManhattAnts are a specific type of ant that lives in New York

The script for the movie “The Terminator” was sold for $1.

PrimroseFlorr
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Level 26
Feb 12, 2025
This fact is interesting. I hope.
Tinny7
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Level 72
Sep 24, 2025
I did not, unfortunately, submit fact number 1042. My fact about no congenitally blind people ever developing schizophrenia has disappeared though... :(
hagendasz
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Level 74
Dec 27, 2025
Probably more interesting about the Tongass is that it's in Alaska.
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