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Interesting Fact #
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Interesting Fact
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Answer
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1
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__________ has an AK-47 on its flag.
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Mozambique
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4
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Lake ______ is both the deepest and the oldest lake in the world.
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Baikal
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12
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the ______ of July, 1826.
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Fourth
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18
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Believe it or not, _____ is the U.S. state that is geographically closest to Africa.
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Maine
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55
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There are ___ documented cases of a child being poisoned by Halloween candy from trick-or-treating.
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0
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84
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A "zephyr" is a light wind from the ____.
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West
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208
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Quetzalcoatlus was possibly the largest animal to ever fly. A pterosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous, it had a wingspan of over __ meters in length.
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10
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308
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The California Condor ceased to exist in the wild in ____ when all 27 remaining condors were captured for the purpose of saving the species. The intervention worked. After a few years of captive breeding, condors were re-released into the wild. Today the total population is over 500 and growing quickly.
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1987
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416
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The entire state of Wyoming only has ___ escalators.
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2
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568
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___ _________ license plates are printed with the motto "Live Free or Die". Ironically, they are produced by prisoners.
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New Hampshire
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589
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Helium was detected on the ___ before it was detected on Earth. That's why it was named for Helios, the Greek god of the ___.
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Sun
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610
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Televisions were banned in Bhutan until the year ____.
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1999
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631
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In 1956, only _% of people who bought a Ford automobile chose to equip the optional seat belts.
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2
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665
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At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, first-place winners received a silver medal, second-place winners received a copper medal, and third-place winners received _______.
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Nothing
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673
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In 2011, a Chinese teenager sold one of his _______ for cash to buy an iPhone and an iPad. Now an adult, the man has become extremely ill with renal failure.
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Kidneys
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701
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Per capita, Australia produces _ times as much as coal as the United States.
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9
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751
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In France, there is a village named _.
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Y
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752
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__% of people in the U.S. who die due to a lightning strike are male.
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85
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783
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In 2016, Luke Aikins jumped from an airplane flying at ______ feet without a parachute and landed in a giant net.
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25,000
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796
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In ____, the owner of the company that makes Segways died when he accidentally drove his Segway off a cliff.
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2010
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798
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Due to inbreeding, Cleopatra only had 6 great great grand-parents instead of the normal __. It is also likely that she married two of her own brothers, both named Ptolemy.
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16
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811
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In Ireland, more people speak ______ as their first language than speak Irish.
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Polish
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825
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Switzerland has no capital. ____ is only the de-facto capital.
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Bern
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835
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There's a national park named _ in Benin, named for the shape of the River Niger in that area.
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W
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844
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In 2015, El Salvador had the world's highest murder rate at ___ per 100,000 people. In 2019, a new President was elected: Nayib Bukele. Bukele suspended civil liberties, built a giant prison, and imprisoned tens of thousands of gang members mostly without trial. As of 2023, El Salvador's murder rate has fallen by over 95% and is now below that of the United States. Despite criticism of his methods, Bukele's approval rate stands at 87%.
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103
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