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466
We didn't know about the existence of other galaxies until 1924.
467
Ulysses Grant ran for a third, nonconsecutive, term in 1880 but lost in the primary to James Garfield.
468
The Oh-My-God particle was traveling at 99.99999999999999999999951% the speed of light when it was detected in 1991. Despite being a subatomic particle, it had an energy equivalent to a baseball being thrown at 58 miles per hour.

But what if, instead of being a single particle, it was a baseball? The answer: we wouldn't be standing here today. It would have vaporized the entire planet.

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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence.
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There is a Chinese poem, entitled "Shī-shì shí shī shǐ", that has 92 words - all of which are "shi". The poem is made comprehensible because Chinese is a tonal language - where the same word can be pronounced with many different tones. Supposedly, the poem makes much more sense in Cantonese than in Mandarin because Cantonese has more tones.
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Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Aug 10, 2020
Thanks to @JWatson24 for #469.
ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 11, 2020
Maybe...the german world for hello is the same in Afrikaans
Neodymium
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Level 63
Mar 22, 2023
Afrikaans is a Germanic Language
ducklingpanda1245
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Level 55
Aug 11, 2020
What does the buffalo sentence mean?
Geographystar
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Level 68
Aug 11, 2020
Something about bison bullying other bison from Buffalo, New York.
angrobper14
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Level 86
Aug 13, 2020
Buffalo bisons, (that other) Buffalo bisons bully, bully (other) Buffalo bisons.

Meaning, sadly, that there's some bad blood within the bison population up there in Buffalo.

wiifly
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Level 65
Aug 22, 2020
So basically Buffalo takes on 3 meanings in this sentence:

The city Buffalo(a)

The animal buffalo(b)

and the verb buffalo which means to decieve or intimidate(c)

in brackets[xyz] will be implied words.

Buffalo(a) buffalo(b) [that] Buffalo(a) buffalo(b) buffalo(c), buffalo(c) [other] Buffalo(a) buffalo(b)

DrIlluminati123
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Level 33
Sep 1, 2020
James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
BritTigger
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Level 78
Nov 9, 2020
I love that one, although it does require punctuation
Vojtaniz
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Level 64
Dec 21, 2024
In high school, our English teacher gave this to us as a task to complete the punctuation so that the sentence makes sense.
GoldenEagleQuiz
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Level 41
Jan 25, 2026
This makes so much sense lol
Geographystar
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Level 68
Aug 11, 2020
#471 Texas is bigger than the 7 countries of Central America combined, i.e. Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
hasanabdi
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Level 70
Apr 16, 2021
texas is bigger than france
ProGeographer233
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Level 24
Jan 5, 2022
It may appear that Texas is bigger than France, but it is not due to the fact that Google doesn't include the territories (i.e. French Polynesia, French Guiana, St. Pierre & Miquelon, New Caledonia, et cetera) and so France is actually 10's of thousands of more square miles than Google says. France is also 10x more powerful than Texas, 10x more beautiful, and on a completely different continent. In many ways, France is bigger than Texas.
SpencerGT
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Level 68
Jan 14, 2022
Okay, France.
hasanabdi
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Level 70
Apr 4, 2022
progeographer123 might have to get their title revoked, because even with overseas territories:

Texas = 695.662km²

France = 543.940km² + overseas territories 120.396km² = 664.336km²

Texas>France

YouLoveEagle
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Level 48
Jun 28, 2022
If we’re including exclusive economic zone though…
ShievaAndGolly
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Level 60
Jan 25, 2023
@ ProGeographer233 Yeah, St. Pierre and Miquelon sure did add a lot of territory! I Think that that territory made all the difference.
ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 11, 2020
Coca Cola is originally green
angrobper14
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Level 86
Aug 22, 2020
Talking about soda: Fanta was created by Nazi Germany when the US established a trade embargo, making nearly impossible the export of Coca-Cola syrup. However, its orange flavor and color were introduced until 1955 in Naples.

So, all in all, it could be argued that Fanta is the Nazi Coke :P

JustBeYourSelf
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Level 20
Aug 28, 2020
Fanta? Why?
gewehr6628
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Level 47
May 5, 2021
tbh fanta>coke
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Jan 29, 2022
Myth. It's always been the same color. The glass bottles' curves appeared to have thick green highlights though.
ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 11, 2020
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
JustBeYourSelf
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Level 20
Aug 28, 2020
Big boom maths
ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 11, 2020
A snail can sleep for 3 years
SpencerGT
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Level 68
Jan 14, 2022
TIL I'm a snail.
ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 11, 2020
All polar bears are left handed
Magarara
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Level 53
Apr 18, 2021
Why?
ShievaAndGolly
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Level 60
Jan 25, 2023
Because their left-"hand" is dominant
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Jan 29, 2022
You'd think they'd be north paws.
ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 11, 2020
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump
QRU
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Level 77
Aug 28, 2020
You probably mean mammals. Pretty sure that fish, corals, snails etc. also can't jump.
overtired
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Level 88
Aug 30, 2020
It's not even true for just mammals. Sloths, hippos and rhinos can't jump either.
theenforcer22
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Level 70
Jun 4, 2025
White men too
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 15, 2020
Basically all animal facts are made up.
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 43
Aug 11, 2020
Selfies and vending machines are deadlier than sharks.

More people died from selfies and vending machines than sharks.

Let that sink in

ImFriendly
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Level 17
Aug 12, 2020
Haha good one
HinesBrothers
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Level 78
Aug 24, 2020
More people die from coconuts falling on their heads than from shark attacks.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 15, 2020
Somehow I doubt that rigorous stats are being kept on this...
HinesBrothers
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Level 78
Feb 12, 2022
Fair enough
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Dec 4, 2023
I read that as "More people die from coconuts falling on [the coconuts'] heads than from shark attacks."
Insaniot
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Level 63
May 7, 2021
If people hung out with sharks as much as they took dangerous selfies or fought vending machines then that number would be a lot higher.
Queefola
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Level 41
Aug 27, 2022
Natural Selection.
theenforcer22
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Level 70
Jun 4, 2025
No. Human deaths per shark interaction, is far higher than human deaths per selfie or vending machine interaction.
BotswanaEmperor
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Level 73
Aug 12, 2020
St. John's, Newfoundland, is closer to Croatia than it is to Vancouver
BotswanaEmperor
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Level 73
Aug 12, 2020
The distance between St John's and Croatia is about 5048 km while the distance to Vancouver is about 6681 km.
BigFloppa
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Level 62
Apr 24, 2021
thats insane...
GrandMo
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Level 69
May 16, 2022
The comparison is correct and super interesting, but your measurement from St. Johns to Vancouver is off-- it's just over 5000km, while to Croatia is just under... A related note could be that St. Johns is also closer to Russia (northern tip near Murmansk) than it is to Vancouver
JWatson24
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Level 71
Aug 12, 2020
Thanks for putting up my fact Quizmaster! Another cool one: Tardigrades are microscopic animals related to arthropods. They are almost impossible to kill, being able to survive even in outer space and when exposed to extremely high amounts of radiation and pressure!
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 43
Aug 12, 2020
The part that surprises me is that they're arthropods
QRU
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Level 77
Aug 28, 2020
They are very easy to kill, they actually eat each other all the time. They are just imun against certain apocalyptic events.
McKenzieFam
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Level 68
Nov 22, 2021
Tardigrades can't be killed by 'apocalyptic events' but can be killed by other tardigrades?
MeMeMe333
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Level 71
Sep 9, 2025
Imagine if tardigrades took over the earth, and were the apocalypse. Then technically they can be killed by a tardigrade apocalypse...
AntiMatter8192
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Level 78
Apr 30, 2022
Sounds a lot like humans
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Dec 4, 2023
Well, we do get killed by apocalyptic events too.
Queefola
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Level 41
Aug 27, 2022
I wonder if Keith Richards is a Tardigrade?
Regtheledge1000
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Level 28
Aug 14, 2020
Scientists genetically modified goats to spin spider silk from their udders.
Regtheledge1000
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Level 28
Aug 14, 2020
In 1960, a cow got hit by a chunk of falling U.S. satellite in Cuba.
Queefola
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Level 41
Aug 27, 2022
And thus, Smashburger was founded.
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 77
Aug 18, 2020
The longest flight ever recorded, was not even the 9,500 mile trip from Newark to Singapore, or a guy who circumnavigated the world twice from Kansas to Kansas nonstop, it's a Cessna flight which lasted for 64 days long. It took off from December, 1954, and didn't land until February, 1955.
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 77
Aug 18, 2020
Another long sentence is "James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher."
Mozzie
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Level 38
May 11, 2021
Its easier to understand with punctuation: James, while John had had had, had had had had. Had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Dec 4, 2023
Even better: James, while John had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 43
Aug 18, 2020
Doritos make good kindling
HinesBrothers
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Level 78
Feb 12, 2022
They have petroleum in them
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 43
Aug 18, 2020
During hurricanes, people stock up on pop-tarts and beer
JustBeYourSelf
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Level 20
Aug 28, 2020
Pop tarts, my favourite food then pancakes!
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 43
Aug 18, 2020
During WW2, more people died creating V-2 rockets than getting hit by one (most of the deaths were from forced laborers)
Malbaby
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Level 70
Aug 27, 2020
2,754 civilians were killed in London by V-2 attacks with another 6,523 injured,
TheLocalMilkMan
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Level 43
Aug 22, 2020
The interesting fact page is different from page 1 of interesting facts
Malbaby
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Level 70
Aug 22, 2020
Re: 469: I like the question "Give a sentence with the word 'And' five times in a row?".......... A man checking the sign-writing on his store said " You have not left enough room between 'Jones and and and and and Smith"
NV1
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Level 55
Aug 26, 2020
Gough Island is a territory of a territory of a territory
JustBeYourSelf
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Level 20
Aug 28, 2020
Soo... Gough is ruled by uk acension and st helena?
ChineseChen
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Level 70
Sep 3, 2020
It's a dependency of Tristan da Cunha which is a part of St Helena and Ascension.
tetraaa
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Level 33
May 27, 2022
Gough Island > Tristan da Cunha > Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JustBeYourSelf
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Level 20
Aug 28, 2020
The furthest point of land from humans is called point nemo, about 1000 km from a few british territories
cuotak
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Level 70
Jan 6, 2021
#470 It's more intelligible in Cantonese not because it has more tones, but rather more syllables than Mandarin. For example, the words "stone lion" are "shi shi" in Mandarin, but "shek si" in Cantonese.
Blitz12
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Level 40
Jan 27, 2021
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Malbaby
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Level 70
Jun 1, 2021
He killed over 4,000 in 2 years......... what a hero.
stellarpie
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Level 31
Jun 9, 2021
can someone explain the oh-my-god particle a little better?
stylus
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Level 79
Jul 5, 2022
yeah - in particular can someone explain what qm means when he says 'if the particle were a baseball'? does it mean if the baseball had the same energy in proportion to its mass, or a clump of those particles the size of a baseball, or what?
Dollyfroggy
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Level 63
Dec 4, 2023
If it was the size of a baseball, I assume.
Unobtainium
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Level 49
Feb 24, 2025
Instead of a particle, it is a baseball moving 99.999999% the speed of light.
jayhiatt
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Level 72
Sep 14, 2021
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo Springfield.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Jan 4, 2022
For what it's worth.
ShievaAndGolly
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Level 60
Apr 22, 2022
"Police Police Police Police Police Police" is also a real sentence.
Queefola
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Level 41
Aug 27, 2022
Gordon Sumner should use that in his lyrics.
palestinecounts
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Level 28
Apr 15, 2024
Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only two double-landlocked nations
palestinecounts
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Level 28
Apr 15, 2024
The Quran is the only religious document to stay in its original language
Unobtainium
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Level 49
Feb 24, 2025
Usually/ideally?
nasty91
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Level 18
Mar 5, 2025
The latter half of 468 is incorrect. If we use E=mc^2, plug in the mass off a baseball (149g) for M, multply that by c^2, so speed of light (299792458 meters per second) squared ( roughly 8.987x10^16), you get a value of 1.33x10^19 joules, or 13.3 billion megajoules. Sounds like a lot, but scaling that as an explosion, that's about 3 megatons of TNT. Nothing to scoff at, but nothing nearing world ending.
Gorpik
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Level 50
Apr 9, 2025
Even though it looks like you are using relativistic mechanics here, you are not, I'm afraid. You are just calculating the kinetic energy (actually, twice that) using classical mechanics, but they are not applicable here. The right equation for the kinetic energy would be E = 1/2 (m/(1-v^2/c^2)) * v^2, which would be about 10^45 J. That's huge.
In2restingFacts
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Level 27
Mar 17, 2025
regarding 469, does the capitalization matter?
Xtrordinary
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Level 75
Mar 24, 2025
Yes because Buffalo, New York is being mentioned.
brandybuck96
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Level 82
Nov 11, 2025
#470 I did translation studies alongside quite a few students from China, and in a lesson on supposedly untranslatable works, the lecturer put up that poem. There was a silence of about three seconds and then half the students simultaneously burst out laughing... I had heard of the poem before but I was surprised that a lot of Chinese people didn't seem to have done.
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