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The average dairy cow in the U.S. produces an incredible 10,000 kilograms of milk per year. That's about five times as much as the average cow from 1944.
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You'll have to zoom in, but the country of Togo has a tiny panhandle in its northwest corner. At its thinnest, the panhandle is less than 200 meters across.
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X% of Y = Y% of X.
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The largest known lake in the solar system is Kraken Mare on the surface of Titan (Saturn's largest moon). In this case, the "lake" is composed mostly of liquid methane. It was discovered in 2006 by the Cassini space probe.
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Former U.S. President John Tyler took the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was even elected to the Confederate House of Representatives, but died in 1862 before he could serve. At his burial, his coffin was draped in the Confederate flag, making him the only U.S. President ever laid to rest under the flag of another nation.
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Credit @Qy for 817, 818, and 820.
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During Ronald Reagan's presidency, jellybean holders were added to Air Force One to hold one of his favourite snacks.
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Reminds me of the fact that British tanks have tea making equipment
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Fun Fact: All of the US states have an A, E, or an I.
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Fun Fact: If you multiply 123,456,789 x 8, you get 987,654,312.
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Fun Fact: All mirrors you buy are in used condition.
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Country size facts:

Iran can stretch from the United Kingdom to Greece.

Russia stretches from the east coast of Mozambique to the southwest tip of Vietnam.

Brazil's northernmost point is closer to Canada than Brazil's southernmost point.

Brazil's easternmost point is closer to Africa than Brazil's westernmost point.

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NO MORE COUNTRY SIZE FACTS
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Fun Fact: a
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what about Kuntucky
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Tunnussuu
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111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
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conversely, 123456789 * 987654321 = 11111111111111111
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The South Park episodes "200" and "201" were both nominated for Emmys, despite only being aired on television once. I will never stop posting this fact.
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Good to know.
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Fact : I'd already figured that out
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Interesting fact: no Interesting Fact follows the formula of “Everybody knows that (thing) is (adjective). But (other thing) is even more (adjective).

It genuinely surprised me!

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For 817, here's a video of that panhandle.
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but it isn't the thinnest panhandle
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Apparently Marvel could've never been a thing

The founder of Marvel (this was before Marvel was a thing), Martin Goodman was on a honeymoon somewhere in Europe with his wife. When they wanted to go back to the United States, they decided that they would take the trip in an airship. However, they were late to buy tickets and couldn't get seats next to each other. So, they just took a plane home.

This airship was the Hindenburg

(Not sure if this is true, but interesting if it is)

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The word 'Yucatán' is debated in its origin. However, one story says that when the Spanish reached the area, they asked the local Mayans what they called the place.

However, the Mayans didn't understand what the Spaniards were saying, so responded with a phrase that sounded to the Spanish like 'Yucatán' (one possibility of the word(s) said was "Tectecán"). This meant something along the lines of I do not know.

So the Yucatán Peninsula could mean 'I do not know peninsula'.

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Same thing with Whyalla in Australia
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Like how the creator of Family Guy slept in late and missed his flight, which was the one that crashed into the twin towers.
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I was actually thinking about this fact when I wrote the comment
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Apparently India will overtake China in population... soon

Like this year (according to a website, India is 3 million under China; just thought it was interesting)

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Martinique had a flag referendum and is possibly getting a new flag (it was mentioned on the 16th of January, 2023)

Personally, I think the flag design looks pretty cool

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The new flag looks dope. Old flag is boring.
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Indeed
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QM has some brilliant comments sometimes.

My fave is the "pengiuns rule antarctica" one on the prime meridian countries quiz

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X% of Y = Y% of X.
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Perhaps we're due for an interesting mathematical equations page?
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Good suggestion, but ngl that is kinda obvious. This can be represented as YX/100 which can be interpreted as Y/100(X) or Y% of X, or, X/100(Y) which is X% of Y
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Eh... not sure your grade level, nor your teachers, but it blew my mind when I first heard it.
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I think you mean, Q% of Y is Y% of Q
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Qy% of mindblown = mindblown% of Qy
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Fun fact did you know that some places are closer to each other than they look
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Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
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Objects and mirrors are farther than they appear
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Items within reflective glass panes may definitely be nearer, compared to their portrayal
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Entities, oftentimes inanimate, have the possibility of their physical form being displayed upon the reflective surface in a manner that implies their distance to their viewer being a higher value than they are in reality.
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The Yukon–Koyukuk county of Alaska is larger than Japan, but has only 5,343 people.
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Canada is larger than Tokyo but has fewer people
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Yukon-Koyukuk is a WAY bigger difference
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antartarca is bigger than japam but has no population
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Antarctica is bigger than china but has 280,000 times less people
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The Moon is bigger than Yukon-Koyukuk but has fewer people on it
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The Sun is bigger than the moon but has fewer people on it
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they the same popoplation actually
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The moon has a larger potential population than the sun.
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Yukon-Koyukuk has a larger potential population than all of Japan
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Java has more people than Russia i think
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A strawberry, despite its name, is not a berry. It’s referred to as a hesperidium. This is because its seeds are on the outside of the fruit, instead of being fully encased by the flesh of the fruit.
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This is not true. There are two different meanings of the word berry. There is berry in the botanical sense, and berry in the common sense.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berry

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"And the popular strawberry is not a berry at all. Botanists call the strawberry a "false fruit," a pseudocarp. A strawberry is actually a multiple fruit which consists of many tiny individual fruits embedded in a fleshy receptacle."
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*common sense
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Just because it has it in its name doesnt make it true
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Despite earning 26 red cards for Real Madrid Sergio Ramos never has been red carded for Spain's national team. He also has played 180 games for them.
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If you are in Florida, you are never more than 100 feet away from a gator. You might not see the gator, but rest assured the gator will see you!
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I don't know if this one would have to be split into two facts.

"Jean Reno was to have played Agent Smith in the Matrix films, but ultimately refused. Lambert Wilson, who played the Merovingian in the Matrix films, was chosen by Albert Broccoli to take over the role of James Bond after Roger Moore."

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There is a hill in Australia that translates to “Where the Devil Urinates”
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Russia has a strip of land surrounded on 2 sides by water that is only 70 meters across
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Excluding those lake things, Moldova is only 5 feet from the sea

46.37713980573053, 30.095748707377496

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Despite sharing the longest border in the world, the United States and Canada only share one border on an island: Currys Island in Lake of the Woods
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The United States has a panhandle near Angle Inlet that is only 18 feet across
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Serbia has a panhandle near Bosnia that is less than 100 feet across

43.597828, 19.272145

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The election of 2016 was not just Trump vs. Clinton, at least in the electoral college. Thanks to faithless electors, seven people received electoral votes that year, including one for the Libertarian candidate.
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“faithless electors”?
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Belgium has an enclave in The Netherlands that is 0.001 Square Miles. 51.448404, 4.836186
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0.64 Acres
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The US accidentally dropped an atomic bomb over South Carolina in 1958, but luckily it didn't explode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Mars_Bluff_B-47_nuclear_weapon_loss_incident

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It should have if you ask me
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Because death is just so amusing.
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you can't tell me that a world without South Carolina would be worse than our world
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A world without Ohio would be the best thing
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Old meme
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Average ohioan seething
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petition to delete missouri
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The “Waffle House Index” is an unofficial index used by FEMA to measure disaster response using the status of a Waffle House (A 24/7 breakfast chain in America) nearby. Green means that the Waffle House is open, which means damage nearby is very little to nil. Yellow means that Waffle House is using a limited menu, usually during power outages and food shortages. Red means it’s closed, which means that damage around it is very severe. Usually they only close in cases like Hurricane Katrina, where Waffle Houses only closed because there was none. The reason is the reason that Waffle House stays open, even in extreme weather conditions.
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The Waffle House has found its new host.
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shut up (please research why I said this before you hate on me)
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Not cut out for the 3AM crowd, I assume.

It appears the Waffle House has found its new host.

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It did find it's new host like 1 to 60 days ago
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So I’m fine having it in small amounts, and im not gonna be the negative nitpick guy, because im completely fine with it in small amounts. It’s just that the fact that if it goes in big chains, this is most likely a ploy to go viral and monetization on said video to get money on the internet by creator “Johnny Razer”. I know his popularity before since I was a former watcher, but this really seems like it’s going to create a Jellybean drama again.
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I'm completely fine with it in small amounts

It happens once

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I know. I’m only going to post that sentence once and it’s going to be here.
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Also this was when the trend was still somewhat funny
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well, nothing gets the internet riled up more than seeing the same thing multiple times in different places
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That kind of attitude is perfect for hosting the Waffle House.
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the waffle has 'already' found its new host unfortunately
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the host has found its new waffle house
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??
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French Fries and French Toast were shortly renamed to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast after France voiced their lack of support for the invasion of Iraq. 33% Percent of Americans said they believed the change was patriotic.
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They also renamed “sauerkraut” to “liberty lettuce” during WW1 or smth
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Liberty Cabbage actually, but yeah.
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From 1915 to 1944, the state with the most Klansmen was Indiana.
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The Tower of Terror attraction in Disney World is 199 feet tall, because if it was 200+, Disney would have to add airplane beacons there. They didn't want to ruin the sense of immersion.
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For all the criticism they get, Disney certainly puts a ton of work into making their theme parks as "magical" as possible.
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Spending 15 dollars on a turkey leg is so much fun!
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its a magical turkey leg stop complaining
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Norway, Sweden, and Finland collectively control about 76% of the world's islands.
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Norway Sweden and Finland also collectively control Denmark
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🤯
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i can't be the first person to ask but could you add sources for all the Interesting Facts you put up? both as general good internet practice and so we can read more about them
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Usually a Google search will allow you to learn more, but I guess to prove it Quizmaster can add sources.
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John Tyler was buried with a Confederate flag. He was the only president to be buried with a flag not of the United States.
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Additionally, Tyler ran for the Confederate Congress, and actually won, but died before he could take office.
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Tyler was not the only president to run under a foreign nation's banner. John Adams served in the Massachusetts Colonial House, and both Washington and Jefferson served in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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Excluding temporary populations and the uninhabited, the least populated first-level subdivision is Hatohobei, Palau, with 25 people.
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Probably just regularly small for Palau standards.
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The SPT Airboat Line was America's first airline (and if you don't count European zeppelin lines, the world's.) During its short 1914 service, it made a 23-mile trip across the bay from Tampa to St. Petersburg. Sporting a fleet of three planes, you could pay $5 (~$130 today) to take the 23-minute trip.

In total, 172 flights were served to 1,205 passengers.

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Goats have accents
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James Buchanan fought at the Battle of Fort McHenry, the same battle to inspire the national anthem.
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Zagreb is the only capital city to start with Z. It’s also the only one to end in B.
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Bern, Switzerland?
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Berlin
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Brasilia
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ENDS in B
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Try reading next time
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Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade
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Brazzaville
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Bangui, Banjul, Bishkek
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Bangkok
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Borneo, Bali, Belize

Smh, dude really needs to research before posting facts.

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Britain
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@Neodymium dang ur right my bad
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@ooftownroad It's fine

Bering, Babylon, Balkans, Bavaria

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I can’t tell if people just can’t read or if this is a joke.
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Bhojpur
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Bombay, Bangladesh, Booftownroadistan, Bermuda, Baltimore, Leonid Brezhnev, Bhopal, Bhutan
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Brisbane, Belo Horizonte, Bay of Bengal, Bandung
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Barbary Coast
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@MCM its both.

Bratislava, Bordeaux, Boca Chica, Bananas, Balaclava, Bumblebee

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Brinjal
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Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt are the only presidents to appear five times on a national ticket.
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Uyghurs in China and Ahmadis in Pakistan are legally banned from naming their children Muhammad.
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There is a place in the Federated States of Micronesia named U.
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There are multiple places in Norway called Å and one village in France called Y
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There's places named Qaanaaq, Ee, Aa, Aa, Zzyzx, Oo, Ii, and U
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Bratislava is the only capital to border two countries
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Abraham Lincoln won less than 1,500 votes in Kentucky in 1860.
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Less people in Kentucky and Less Voting Rights
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Eh... not really. That was 0.9% of the vote.
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There are more American counties named for Ben Franklin than Abraham Lincoln.
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A few last veterans, verified accounts only.

American Revolution - John Gray (d. 1868)

Napoleonic Wars - Geert Boomgaard (d. 1899)

War of 1812 - Hiram Cronk (d. 1905)

Mexican-American War - Owen Edgar (d. 1929)

Civil War - Albert Woolson (d. 1956)

WWI - Florence Green (d. 2012)

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There are still about 167,000 World War II veterans in the U.S. alone.
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Yeah but who cares about world war 2
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Argentina
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Crazy how in 1904 you could fly an airplane and also talk with someone who could've seen Washington burning down. (No clue where that specific guy fought), but he was 105 and born in 1800 (therefore fought at 12-14)

Presidents come from wars.

Jackson was famous from 1812 and Taking Florida

I think William H. Harrison was famous for 1812 (I know he fought in it)

Grant from Civil War, Eisenhower from WW2

Also what about the Spanish American war?

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I think Woolson's story is also pretty crazy. He went from fighting with fairly slowly muskets to the nuclear bomb.

The Spanish-American War's last veteran was Jones Morgan. He died in 1993–insane how he lived to see the internet.

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Additionally, there were dozens of veterans of the Russian Revolution and Civil War who lived past the USSR's collapse.
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There are also many veterans of the Chinese Civil War still alive.
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Technically speaking, the city of Paris has 18 mayors in office at any given time.
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The area of Bangladesh is 115x smaller than that of Russia, but it has a population of 172 million - almost 30 million more than Russia's.
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Feb 16, 2023
As for #817, you may have to zoom in, but Benin seems to claim a long stretch of coastline directly south of Togo!
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And also, Benin's capital, Porto-Novo, is located on the border with Nigeria. Togo's capital, Lomé, is located on the border with Ghana. These two countries seem not to like each other very much : (