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1091
Pope John XX never existed. They skipped right from XIX to XXI because they counted the number of pope Johns incorrectly.
1092
Ice cream is loaded with fat and sugar. Yet numerous studies have observed health benefits from eating ice cream, including lower risk of cardiac events and diabetes. So far, no one has been able to explain this phenomenon which has been called "nutrition science's most preposterous result".
1093
The heaviest baby ever born weighed an incredible 22 pounds (10 kilograms). He was born in 1879 to Anna and Martin Bates, a pair of circus performers who were the tallest married couple in history. Sadly, the boy died after only 11 hours.
1094
Saturn’s North Pole has a large, persistent cloud pattern that forms a hexagon. Each side of the Great Hexagon is about 14,500 km (a bit bigger than Earth).
1095
A near-extinction event 10,000 years ago removed almost all the genetic diversity of cheetahs. As a result, unrelated cheetahs are so genetically similar that they can accept skin grafts from each other. In humans, even full siblings can't do that unless they are identical twins.
26 Comments
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
May 17, 2025
Credit @Dimby for 1094.

Credit @SirPhilippines for 1095.

LegoBuilderOne
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Level 55
May 17, 2025
First comment, hooray! (Apart from Quizmaster, obviously.)
ShievaAndGolly
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Level 60
May 22, 2025
Quizmaster is such a tryhard...
GodMonke
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Level 21
May 17, 2025
how do you miscount the number of popes in the first place

thats just silly

Dimby
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Level 83
May 17, 2025
Maybe one went by Jimmy to close friends.
fallingdown
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Level 55
May 18, 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_numbering
Dimby
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Level 83
May 17, 2025
Hey, that’s another checkmark for my JetPunk life goals. For the record, the Great Hexagon is amazing. It’s not just a name… It’s a hexagon with sharp corners. Apparently scientists were absolutely shocked, but did manage to make a replica in a wind tunnel.
MeowILoveCats123
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Level 67
May 17, 2025
Another fact bc idk what else to do with my life 🥰:

Between the collapse of the Soviet Union and 2025, Ukraine has lost a quarter of its population. However, its capital, Kyiv, has gained over 440,000 residents in that time period.

Source: macrotrends.net

MeowILoveCats123
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Level 67
May 18, 2025
+1 more fact:

When the two planes struck the twin towers, almost all of the exits were closed off to people that were above the impact zone. However, one of the staircases of the South Tower wasn't completely blocked off, allowing dozens of people above the impact zone to escape.

Pontiac
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Level 61
May 19, 2025
Also underneath one of the twin towers, a ship called the HMS New Jersey was found.
MeowILoveCats123
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Level 67
May 19, 2025
Wait what?? 😨
Pontiac
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Level 61
May 24, 2025
It was from when NYC expanded into the harbour. The same reason boats are scattered underneath San Francisco
turnbacktwo
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Level 46
May 18, 2025
The last player playing on nintendo network( 3ds and wii u era ) played for 209 days after Nintendo shut down the servers. He goes by FishGuy6564
Pontiac
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Level 61
May 19, 2025
I just had to share it here as well: The New York Times made a prediction in an article titled "Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly" on October 9, 1903. This article incorrectly predicted it would take one to ten million years for humanity to develop an operating flying machine, when just 69 days later, December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made history with the first successful flight of the airplane.
FlagFreak1415
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Level 48
May 19, 2025
haha funny number
FlagFreak1415
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Level 48
May 19, 2025
The Potato Paradox: If potatoes which are 99% water dry out so that they are now 98% water, they lose half their weight.

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

cuendillar
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Level 71
Feb 1, 2026
How is that a paradox? For the (same amount of) dry substance to make out twice as large a share of the potato, obviously the wet part (which is basically the entirety by weight) has to become half as large as before. Thus, half the weight. Basic math.
SirPhilippines
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Level 73
May 19, 2025
I keep getting more, this is beautiful. Thank you Quizmaster!
LegoBuilderOne
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Level 55
May 21, 2025
How do you hyperlink something? Specifically this link: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship#.
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
May 21, 2025
I can't type it here without it forming a link, but if you go to this blog by KiloNova and scroll down to the 'Hyperlink Text' section, you can learn how
LegoBuilderOne
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Level 55
May 22, 2025
Thanks a lot!
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
May 23, 2025
My pleasure!
FlagFreak1415
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Level 48
May 22, 2025
You can actually make text bigger and smaller!
FlagFreak1415
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Level 48
May 22, 2025
nvmd that didn't; work
Pullasorsa
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Level 81
May 21, 2025
In 1943, during WWII, Germany established a secret automatic weather station in northern Newfoundland. The station was only functional for a few days, but was not discovered until the year 1977. (Wikipedia)
mightythor
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Level 68
Sep 12, 2025
1092: I've been avoiding ice cream because once I start I can rarely stop, and here I find out it's practically a health food.
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