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Interesting Facts - Page 163

811
In Ireland, more people speak Polish as their first language than speak Irish.
812
Think housing prices only go up? In Japan, housing prices have declined nearly 30% since their peak in 1990.
813
Dogs are banned in Antarctica.
814
The word footage comes from films being measured in feet in early film making.
815
Over a fifth of the calories consumed by humans are from rice.
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Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Dec 27, 2022
Credit @Bentshaggyoil for 811, 813, 814, and 815.
Azawadu
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Level 34
Dec 28, 2022
The South Park episodes "200" and "201" were both nominated for Emmys, despite only being aired on television once.
FreeStater
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Level 76
Dec 28, 2022
Every Confederate state, except one, was briefly an independent country between seceding and joining the Confederacy. The lone exception? Texas, who was immediately admitted upon seceding.
FreeStater
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Level 76
Dec 28, 2022
The Davy Crockett was the smallest nuclear weapon ever produced, with a blast radius slightly smaller than Vatican City.
JohnnyYeet
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Level 59
Dec 28, 2022
Don't forget that Texas was independent earlier tho
HydratedMite
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Level 67
Apr 15, 2024
And since Texas was independent prior, all Confederate states were independent at some point in history
FreeStater
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Level 76
Dec 28, 2022
Nunavut is both more northern, eastern, southern, and western than Alaska.
bentshaggyoil
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Level 62
Dec 29, 2022
Same with South Africa and Lesotho
djeedubbeljoe
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Level 66
Feb 22, 2024
Looking at a map here and: no, it's not...
Zzineohp
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Level 56
Jan 4, 2023
Additional Fun Fact: More people speak English in Ireland than speak Polish and Irish combined!
bentshaggyoil
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Level 62
Jan 5, 2023
It’s more well known that Ireland mainly speaks English, though. It’s lesser known how diminished Irish has become.
Zzineohp
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Level 56
Jan 8, 2023
more people speak English in England than speak Polish in Ireland
lordhagen27
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Level 64
Jan 25, 2023
Perhaps #813 was inspired by "the Thing"?
Cedo
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Level 39
Apr 12, 2023
Footage translates as "métrage" in french.
Bhanav
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Level 57
Jul 14, 2023
Marie Curie, her husband Pierre Curie, their daughter Irene Curie, Irene's husband Frederick Curie, husband of Marie Curie's second daughter, Henry Labouisse, all won nobel prize. Marie Curie even got Nobel twice.

Henry Labouisse won the Nobel while he was the director of UNICEF.

That's 6 nobel prizes for one family.

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