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Guns N' Roses spent over 10 years and $13 million dollars making the album "Chinese Democracy". Released in 2008 to lukewarm reviews, it was the most expensive rock album ever produced.

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The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666

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The world's tenth tallest pyramid is a Bass Pro Shops store in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Two thousand people were killed in Halifax, Nova Scotia when a ship carrying high explosives blew up in 1917. At the time, it was the largest man-made explosion in history, only surpassed after the invention of nuclear weapons.

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According to some estimates, up to 90% of the adult male population of Paraguay was killed during the Paraguayan War, fought between 1864 and 1870.

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Level 68

Jul 6, 2018

Paul McCartney's first name is actually James.

Level 70

Nov 18, 2019

That Bass Pro Shop is a sore spot for folks in Memphis...sigh

Level 77

Mar 23, 2020

Though, the Bass Pro Shops was originally going to be home for the Memphis Grizzlies. But, a flood ruined most of it and was then abandoned. Bass Pro Shops bought it a couple years later. Fact: It was built as a pyramid for a city with the same name in Egypt, (which used to be the capital of Ancient Egypt) Memphis.

Level 70

May 10, 2020

Alas, that's not true. The Grizzlies DID play in the Pyramid along with the University of Memphis basketball team but part of the deal with the Grizzlies coming to Memphis was that they would need a new arena built and it has a non-competition clause. Once they built it every major event had to be there and nothing else could happen downtown the same time as a basketball game during regular season. That's a big part of the reason why the Pyramid sat empty and unused for so long. It also killed another venue in the city too. Honestly, I was kind of hoping they were gonna go with the indoor amusement park idea but NOPE...Bass Pro Shop.

Level 77

Oct 5, 2020

True.

Level 77

Oct 5, 2020

Made a mistake, the Grizzlies did play in the Memphis Arena, but it was vulnerable to floods.

Level 68

Apr 3, 2020

Haha, that's why you only carry small abouts of C4 on your ship.

Level 77

Oct 5, 2020

Actually, they carried dynamite.

Level 83

Jul 10, 2023

Actually, they didn’t carry any dynamite at all. It was TNT and Picric acid.

Level 69

May 28, 2020

This quiz has the most unforgiving spelling. Godfather, Godfather 2, The Godfather Part 2--none of these were accepted. This takes all the fun out of it.

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Level 70

Sep 5, 2020

Methinks thou hast lost thy way!

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Level 51

Dec 3, 2021

How does someone accidentally click on an interesting facts page, doesn't realized that the page changed and comment on the very obvious interesting facts page.

Level 38

Jan 26, 2023

wrong page much?

Level 78

Jun 2, 2020

There should be a full stop at the end of Fact 152.

Level 70

Sep 9, 2020

'PraNic8192' ....... wins the 'Golden Nitpick' award for June 2020...... Congratulations (notice no full stop)

Level 78

Oct 4, 2021

1. No full stop,

2. "Congratulations" shouldn't be capitalised,

3. You only need 1 ellipses per break.

Otherwise, thanks for the award!

Level 63

Aug 6, 2023

4. The username is (now) wrong.

Level 63

Aug 6, 2023

This annoyed me too, haha.

Level 75

Aug 26, 2020

According to Wikipedia, the Memphis Pyramid is actually the ninth tallest pyramid, not tenth.

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

Level 79

Oct 21, 2020

I think the 1917 Halifax explosion was recently surpassed for the title of largest man-made non-nuclear explosion in history, by the explosion on the docks of Beirut.

Level 70

Nov 18, 2020

Not so, Halifax explosion about 2.9 KT TNT and Beirut 0.8 KT of TNT. (Beirut is the 6th largest man made explosion not nuclear)

Level 74

Dec 21, 2020

Blimey that pyramid in Memphis is enormous...!

Level 38

Jan 25, 2022

666? That is so scary :(

Level 68

Apr 3, 2022

I feel like 154 should be reworded as:

"It is still the largest man-made non-nuclear explosion in history."

(If it's true.)

Level 19

Jan 26, 2026

The Beirut explosion surpassed it which happened because a warehouse stored with fireworks and ammonium nitrate at the same time blew up but it turns out the ammonium nitrate was stored in there for 6.5 years and there were 218 casualties with over 7,000 injured

Level 68

Oct 14, 2023

How does an album cost $13 million?

Level 46

Nov 9, 2023

How has no one commented about the War of the Triple Alliance?

Level 52

Jan 7, 2026

You need a period at the end of fact 152.