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The province of Newfoundland and Labrador did not join Canada until 1949.
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No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup in 27 years. The odds of this happening, if all NHL teams have the same chance of winning, is about one in a thousand.
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Albert Einstein's brain was secretly removed by the doctor who performed his autopsy. After the theft was discovered in 1978, scientists studied the organ to find explanations for Einstein's genius. To date, nothing special has been discovered.
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In 1882, author Morgan Robertson wrote a book about ship called the "Titan" which sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Thirty years later, the Titanic did the exact same thing. The similarities are eerie. The Titan was 800 feet long while the Titanic was 882 feet long. Both ships sank in April. Neither ship had enough lifeboats aboard to save all the occupants.
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The Dingo Fence is the largest fence in the world. Built to protect sheep from dingoes, it very nearly divides Australia in half. At 5614 km in length, it is longer than the border between Russia and China, and longer than the distance between Los Angeles and New York.
52 Comments
Quizmaster
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Oct 5, 2020
Credit to MG17 for facts 483–485.
NV1
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Sep 22, 2020
The average secretary's left-hand does 56% of the typing
NV1
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Sep 22, 2020
In 15 million years, San Francisco and Los Angeles will border each other.
HinesBrothers
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Sep 26, 2020
In 15 million years when LA and SFO might not exist, that is
SpencerGT
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May 6, 2021
I remember being excited as a kid that I would be able to visit disneyland in 15 million years.

I did not realize how long away that would be...

NV1
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Sep 22, 2020
In the 2018 world cup, Mexican fans jumped so much that it caused a minor earthquake.
angrobper14
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Sep 23, 2020
As a Mexican, I can confirm that.

For our American friends, remember Beast Quake. The same process, only in Mexico City instead of Seattle

I remember that game (vs Germany)... The anthem ceremony! It seemed that Moscow was part of Mexico! Even some Germans commented that thing.

289prodigy
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Sep 22, 2020
that why there is an earth coming around the orbit to every countries if it is in 1 year
HinesBrothers
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Sep 26, 2020
I have no idea what that means
Quizmaster
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Oct 4, 2020
The answers to all your questions can be found here.
Fianchetto
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Level 78
Feb 10, 2024
what the heck is that
Malbaby
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Level 70
Aug 15, 2021
So much time and effort into such rubbish.
FlyingG
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Level 68
Sep 23, 2020
There are 7 people who can legally turn off the internet.
FlyingG
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Sep 23, 2020
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KDBpn8fW78
CambodianQuizzer
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Oct 2, 2020
Half as Interesting Sam, (Don't forget about Wendover Productions!)
Baxtergrad
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Dec 9, 2020
Seems like everyone's source is a YouTube video...
wiifly
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Jun 3, 2023
The video itself isn’t the source. The video’s sources are the source, and the video is provided as a more interesting way of learning about the topic.
JustBeYourSelf
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Sep 23, 2020
Democratic Vietnam's flag and Vietnam's communist flag have the same colours.
Baxtergrad
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Level 51
Dec 9, 2020
So do the US and North Korea. Your point being?....
paperdiego
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Aug 31, 2021
I think he means the exact same colors, as South Vietnam and North Vietnam both use the red #DA251D and the yellow #FFFF00
Geographystar
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Sep 24, 2020
In April 1861, just as the civil war was starting, former president Franklin Pierce wrote to the other living former presidents and asked them to consider meeting and to use their influence to stop the civil war. Pierce asked Martin Van Buren to call the meeting, because he was the senior former president, but Van Buren suggested James Buchanan do it, because he was the most recent former president, or, if he was so passionate about it, that Pierce should do it himself. Neither Buchanan, Pierce, or Van Buren was willing to make the proposal public, so the plan went nowhere. Source, Martin Van Buren's Wikipedia article. I think it is fascinating to think about what would have happened if the plan went through, and I think that this would make a great interesting fact!
PHG1960
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Dec 28, 2020
Back then, ex-presidents were expected to stay out of politics even more so than today.
NV1
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Sep 24, 2020
King Tut's Parents were siblings. His wife was also his half-sister. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/09/tut-dna/
angrobper14
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Sep 25, 2020
They could've been cool friends with the Habsburgs.
Quizmaster
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Oct 5, 2020
True. You can find some more royal incest facts here.
ShievaAndGolly
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Apr 22, 2022
Why would I want to find more royal incest facts? That sounds like an article on some sketchy news site.
Queefola
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May 31, 2021
You can view their family "tree" on Incestry.com
Malbaby
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Mar 23, 2022
Does that mean Tut's father was also his father-in-law, his mother was his mother and also his mother - in - law. His wife was also his sister. His father was also his uncle and his mother his aunty. Tut was his father's son and also son-in-law and Tut's wife was her father's daughter and also daughter in law.
NV1
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Sep 24, 2020
You wouldn't be able to tolerate the quietest room for even 45 minutes. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/09/tut-dna/
Quizmaster
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Oct 5, 2020
Color me skeptical.
NV1
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Oct 6, 2020
Oops https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-quietest-place-will-drive-you-crazy-in-45-minutes-180948160/
Quizmaster
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Oct 6, 2020
Yeah, I don't think that's true.
smoceany
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Jun 15, 2021
its not, veratasium disproved it
CambodianQuizzer
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Oct 2, 2020
There is a farm inside Tokyo's Narita Airport.
angrobper14
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Level 86
Oct 6, 2020
Meh... That's not completely interesting... I would say it's half as interesting.
ShievaAndGolly
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Level 60
Apr 22, 2022
lol
CambodianQuizzer
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Level 77
Oct 2, 2020
If the entire world had a Population Density the same as Macau, the population will be 3,178,379,600,000! (3 trillion 178 billion 379 million 600 thousand.)
MG17
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Oct 5, 2020
I'm so grate for this! Thanks @Quizmaster!!!
jonf
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Oct 23, 2020
#484 The second sentence should start "Thirty years later" instead of "Thirty years,"
Quizmaster
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Oct 23, 2020
Okay, fixed.
PHG1960
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Dec 28, 2020
Secretariat's heart was 25-50% larger than a normal horse's heart. I heard the same about Sham's heart from one source.
pomerakchild
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Jul 31, 2021
President Franklin D. Roosevelt has a movie credit, he wrote the 1936 movie "The President's Mystery".
EytanMelech
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Sep 28, 2021
Newfoundland fact is interesting. I have a Newfoundland specific penny from the 1940s.
WalkyTalkyBook
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Sep 29, 2021
The Wreck of the Titan was actually written in 1898, but everything else is correct.
JesseFromThe6
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Jun 6, 2022
In many respects, William Thomas Stead's short story, "How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor", is even more similar to the Titanic. The story is a warning against steamers having insufficient lifeboats.

And Stead published his story in 1886, 12 years before Robertson published "Wreck of the Titan".

Spookiest of all: Stead died on April 15th, 1912. . .he was on the Titanic.

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanics-books-predicted-disaster-2018-4#:~:text=The%20second%20novella%20%E2%80%94%20%22The%20Wreck,the%20North%20Atlantic%20and%20sinks.

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

kalbahamut
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Level 79
Dec 15, 2022
huh. I don't follow any professional sports, really, and certainly haven't been paying attention to hockey since the Washington Capitals fired my dad some 25 or so years ago... but #482 certainly seems surprising. Considering that from 1893-1928 the cup was never NOT won by a Canadian team except once... and then from 1930-1980 it seems like it was almost always won by the Montreal Canadiens (and on the years it wasn't it was usually the Toronto Maple Leafs). Only two Canadian victories since then, though. What the heck happened?
sumguy
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Jun 18, 2023
Expansion has made Canadian teams a smaller portion of the league, reducing their odds in any given year. A bigger reason is that players are paid in American dollars. When the Canadian dollar loses value relative to the American dollar, Canadian teams struggle financially. Also, American teams get more government subsidies. So, despite the greater popularity of hockey in Canada, Canadian teams can't always afford to spend to the cap, so American teams are able to build better rosters. Then there's the supposed invisible hand of the NHL, trying to rig the odds in favor of American teams. Hockey will always be popular in Canada. It will only be popular in places without winter -- Florida, California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas -- if they have winning teams.
Junseong
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Mar 3, 2025
Arizona had a team that seldom won a playoff series. Now there are no NHL teams that play in Arizona.
Superman13
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Oct 17, 2024
I thought the Calgary flames won last year
Junseong
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Mar 3, 2025
Their rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, came really close to winning last year. At least that was really good compared to their terrible start in 2023.
Tetzy
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Mar 14, 2026
#482 needs to be updated. It is even more depressing now
sumguy
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Apr 8, 2026
The Canadian Stanley Cup drought is now 32 years, the odds of which was 1 in 2793.
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