Interesting Facts - Page 232

ooh new facts, a whole page of IFG selected facts too! i think this is a first for the group actually

what’s it gonna take, QM?

i think 1159 had been said some time before, have to check

There are more lakes in Canada than all other nations combined

Cairo is both the largest African and largest Arab city

Mt. Thor in Nunavut has the largest vertical drop in the world, over 1000 meters

Molokai, Hawaii, has ocean cliffs rising over 1000 meters up.

In 2025, an American man and his son were killed in Laos while ziplining after being stung by giant hornets over 100 times

Humans are born with the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds

Awesome, new facts!

Oh nice, mine made it!

The name of those clickbaity, poor-quality online ads often displayed in square grids with bold captions is "chumbox". (Source)

During WW2, the Danish fought the German tanks on bicycles.

The moving sidewalk (walkway) was invented before the tea bag.

The Spanish formerly established San Francisco a mere 5 days before the United States adopted the Declaration of Independence

Another: Your brain can eat itself when you're sleep-deprived

The longest bloodless war (335 Years' War) was between The Isles of Scilly and The Netherlands. The reason it is so long is because they forgot to sign a treaty. It started in 1651 and ended in 1986 when Roy Duncan discovered the war was still ongoing.

There is a language in Papua New Guinea named Mongol. It has no relation to Mongolian.

Vanua Levu, the second largest island in Fiji, is the largest island crossing the International Date Line (Continents do not count)

The seventh and current king of Saudi Arabia is the son of the country's first king, who was born in 1876.

In 1835, there was a bloodless war between Ohio & MIchigan, called the Toledo War. Ohio won in 1836, winning the Toledo Strip

Catalan is the only language available on Duolingo that is not available for English learners

Alex Warren used to be a prank YouTuber

The algae caulerpa taxifolia, despite being unicellular, can grow to be several meters long.

Officially, Taiwan has a tricameral legislature. However, only one chamber still exists in practice.

Jackson, despite being the capital of Mississippi, is located neither on the Mississippi River nor any of its tributaries.

Leroy Johnson is apparently an insane person who wanted to teach high school football, but didn't have credentials or teaching ability. So, he started his own school, Bishop Sycamore. He trained several high school boys for 2 years. The school had no building, and all the students did was play football all day. Eventually in 2021, they managed to get a game with the prestigious IMG Academy, where they lost 58-0 and Johnson was exposed

The English left France very quickly in 1940.