As a child, Kim Jong-un was taken to visit Tokyo Disneyland using a fake Brazilian passport.
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Most armadillo species give birth to four babies at a time - all identical quadruplets.
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There is a Catholic saint named Lucifer. Lucifer of Cagliari is revered as a saint on the island of Sardinia (although his status elsewhere is less certain).
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The state of New Mexico was settled by Europeans in 1610. Neighboring Colorado was not settled until 1851, more than two centuries later.
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It almost never rains in San Francisco in July. During the entire thirty year period from 1991–2020, San Francisco received a total of less of 1" of rain during the month of July. Even Death Valley gets more rain than San Francisco in July.
Islands are still being discovered to this day. 83-42 was discovered in 2003, Yaya Island in 2014, and Landsat Island in 1976. Heart Reef was discovered in 1975.
Many islands were discovered from melting ice (Uunartoq Qeqertaq 2005, Sif Island 2020, an unnamed island from the no longer Conger Ice shelf 2022)
Most people know that Saint Peter was crucified upside-down, as he considered himself unworthy to die the same way Jesus did.
But this story's not actually in the Bible. It comes from the apocryphal Acts of Peter, wherein Peter duels the magician Simon Magus. Simon does a bunch of magic tricks and flies around, but Peter summons the power of God to knock him out of the air. The people are so enraged that Peter (after receiving a revelation and preaching one last time) is crucified.
Not really a fact worthy for the page, but recently, I found out that Indonesia used to have banknotes for cents (sen). Personally, I think they have better designs than some of the IDR notes today.
The Oregonian flag is double-sided. It features the seal on the front and a beaver on the reverse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Oregon
Between January 14 and 15 of 1972, the temperature in Loma, Montana fluctuated 103 degrees farenheit from -54 degrees to 49 degrees. https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/extreme-short-duration-temperature-changes-us
Most of the state of Arizona does not recognize Daylight Savings Time, while the Navajo Nation reservation in the state does. Geography Now actually made a video covering the topic somewhat recently. https://azlibrary.gov/collections/digital-arizona-library-dazl/arizona-almanac/daylight-saving-time
Don't know how this one hasn't been mentioned yet as far as I know but Saudi Arabia has no rivers. At all. Neither does Libya, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, or the UAE. But just remember that Saudi Arabia is 3x the size of Texas and has roughly the same population as Canada. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/19
In Chesapeake, Virginia, trick-or-treating is banned for anyone over the age of 14 and can land violators a hefty fine of $250.
Storms that look like walls of dust that commonly occur in Sudan are called Haboobs, coming from the Arabic word 'haab' meaning wind or blow.
The state drink of Nebraska is Kool-Aid.
Prostitution is legal in some counties of Nevada.
The only remaining Blockbuster is located in Bend, Oregon.
The Blockbuster company actually had an oppurtunity to purchase Netflix for $50 million in the year 2000. Netflix is currently worth $190 Billion.
The stop sign came a long time before the traffic light.
Bougainville Island, located in Papua New Guinea is set to become the next newest country by 2027 as an agreement has already been filed between them and PNG, so long as neither party backs out of the deal.
Kazakhstan became the entirety of the USSR in 1991 for a very brief 4 days after they became the final country to leave following it's collapse.
According to the Quran, Jesus was not crucified—instead, God have His appearance to the man who reported Jesus, and they crucified the man instead.
At least that's the most common interpretation of the passage. Other explanations say that Jesus only died physically, but as he had an immortal soul it only looked that way, or that Jesus shapeshifted off? It's not very clear.
According to the apocryphal Gospel of Peter, after Jesus was resurrected, He grew so massive that His head reached Heaven, and His cross began to speak and preach. There's a reason it's apocryphal.
Japan has its own Bermuda Triangle. The Devil's Sea (Or Triangle) is located South of Japan at the Izu Islands, but there have been reports of paranormal activity as far as Palau.
It is well known that Vatican City is ruled by the Pope, but it also has its own unelected Parliament composed of Cardinals, who are appointed by the Pope. The Cardinals do have a vote, but whatever they vote can be overruled by the King. Yes, you read that right. The King of Vatican City? What?
When Mussolini granted independence to the Vatican in 1929, he really granted it to the Holy See. The King is whoever sits on the Holy See. Using a metaphor to explain, if the company is Catholic Church Inc, then the position of CEO is the Holy See, and the CEO themselves is, by defintion, the King of Vatican City.
However, since the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, he is also the King, and holds 2/3rds of the vote, so really the Vatican City is an absolute monarchy that is also a theocracy that also has a fully unelected Parliament.
There is a city near Fairbanks, AK, named North Pole (pop. 2243), which has many christmas-themed streets, a christmas-themed flag, the world's largest fiberglass statue of santa that is outside, and they had a city council member named santa claus who even ran for president in 2012, recieving 600 votes in maryland
In 1869, Wyoming was the first US State/Territory to allow women to vote, 21 years before it joined the union and 24 years before New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote.
completely forgot that factor lol, then i guess it should rather be: Hawaii has almost as much cities with more than 1000 population than Los Angeles County, despite only having a seventh of its population (127 vs 137)
In California, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Washington, you can get married at any age, assuming you have judicial and parental approval. In Oklahoma it only requires judicial consent.
Sudan and Afghanistan have no marriage age or age of consent; rather, you are considered to be suitable for such when you hit puberty, in accordance with Islamic law (which is usually around 11 years old).
Here’s a random one I found today. John Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He was trying to impress actress Jodie Foster (obviously his logic was delusional). He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Anyway, over 30 years in an institution, Hinckley apparently had time to brush up on his guitar playing skills. Under a pseudonym he found little success, but when he was permitted to, he started a YouTube channel and Spotify profile and has published performances of cover songs and a few of his own songs. As of 2023, one of his songs has over 100,000 listens on Spotify. Any live performances he tries to book are soon cancelled when venues get death threats for trying to host a musical performance by someone who shot a president. The guitar is OK-ish, but Hinckley is an awful singer and the music is really bad.
Credit @QY for #872
Many islands were discovered from melting ice (Uunartoq Qeqertaq 2005, Sif Island 2020, an unnamed island from the no longer Conger Ice shelf 2022)
It's due to his role in a schism between Trinitarianism and Arianism (not that one, that one is Aryanism, with a y).
It seems they were pretty fine with his name.
But this story's not actually in the Bible. It comes from the apocryphal Acts of Peter, wherein Peter duels the magician Simon Magus. Simon does a bunch of magic tricks and flies around, but Peter summons the power of God to knock him out of the air. The people are so enraged that Peter (after receiving a revelation and preaching one last time) is crucified.
Definitely a pretty useless fact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra
Andorra is also the largest country without an airport of any sort.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_without_an_airport
The Oregonian flag is double-sided. It features the seal on the front and a beaver on the reverse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Oregon
Between January 14 and 15 of 1972, the temperature in Loma, Montana fluctuated 103 degrees farenheit from -54 degrees to 49 degrees. https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/extreme-short-duration-temperature-changes-us
Most of the state of Arizona does not recognize Daylight Savings Time, while the Navajo Nation reservation in the state does. Geography Now actually made a video covering the topic somewhat recently. https://azlibrary.gov/collections/digital-arizona-library-dazl/arizona-almanac/daylight-saving-time
Don't know how this one hasn't been mentioned yet as far as I know but Saudi Arabia has no rivers. At all. Neither does Libya, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, or the UAE. But just remember that Saudi Arabia is 3x the size of Texas and has roughly the same population as Canada. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/19
Thanks QM
Storms that look like walls of dust that commonly occur in Sudan are called Haboobs, coming from the Arabic word 'haab' meaning wind or blow.
The state drink of Nebraska is Kool-Aid.
Prostitution is legal in some counties of Nevada.
The only remaining Blockbuster is located in Bend, Oregon.
The Blockbuster company actually had an oppurtunity to purchase Netflix for $50 million in the year 2000. Netflix is currently worth $190 Billion.
The stop sign came a long time before the traffic light.
Bougainville Island, located in Papua New Guinea is set to become the next newest country by 2027 as an agreement has already been filed between them and PNG, so long as neither party backs out of the deal.
Kazakhstan became the entirety of the USSR in 1991 for a very brief 4 days after they became the final country to leave following it's collapse.
At least that's the most common interpretation of the passage. Other explanations say that Jesus only died physically, but as he had an immortal soul it only looked that way, or that Jesus shapeshifted off? It's not very clear.
When Mussolini granted independence to the Vatican in 1929, he really granted it to the Holy See. The King is whoever sits on the Holy See. Using a metaphor to explain, if the company is Catholic Church Inc, then the position of CEO is the Holy See, and the CEO themselves is, by defintion, the King of Vatican City.
However, since the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, he is also the King, and holds 2/3rds of the vote, so really the Vatican City is an absolute monarchy that is also a theocracy that also has a fully unelected Parliament.