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27 Fun Facts That Sprung Loose From Our Fact Factory

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July 23, 2022

27 Fun Facts That Sprung Loose From Our Fact Factory

We don't know how to tell you this… But there's been an accident at the Fact Factory, everyone. We normally pride ourselves on keeping all of our interesting facts about pop culture, science, and history all under containment and neatly catalogued; but mistakes happen. At this time, we believe an employee has fallen asleep at the Giant Fact Wheel, resulting in a catastrophic spill of Cool Fun Facts all over the place.

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27 POWs in a bugged mansion

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25 Ken Jennings is a dirty liar!

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22 Chernobyl was a mess, to say the least

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19 That's heckin' old!

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18 Now that's an effective grift!

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17 "Frozen" was good for more than that song that was everywhere

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16 Maybe Don't Lock Your Exit Doors?

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15 Everyone is in Anchorage mostly

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14 The popularity of the xylophone

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13 Thyme grants courage!

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11 Well That's... Extreme

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10 The Hidden WWII Cemetery Plot

Dishonored WWII Servicemen are buried in a hidden cemetery plot. VISITORS ROOM с A SERVICE AREA MUSEUM CHAPEL D GRAGKED.COM 94 US WWII Servicemen executed by the US Mili- tary are buried in Plot E of the Oise Aisne American Cemetery in France. Hedg- es hide it from view, no US flag is permitted to fly over it. — Source: 15 Facts That Really Put Everything In Perspective For Us

9 The First Radio Communication

The topic of the first ever radio communication on board an aircraft in flight was a cat. GRAGKED.COM In 1910, Kiddo the cat snuck on board an airship, and ended up traveling with the ship during its entire 71-hour journey. Kiddo was adopted by the daughter of one of the airmen. — Source: 15 Facts That Really Put Everything In Perspective For Us

8 The Original Batteries

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7 Jackie Robinson's Bank

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6 The reason for eggs

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5 More big obelisks, please!

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4 Gender norms ruin gymnastics

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3 Hats & Rifles

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2 Repurposed Oysters

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1 That Asteroid Was No Joke

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs did more than just punch a hole in the Earth. CRACKED.COM After the impact, 70% of the world's forests burned, tsu- namis rose to a height of 300ft, and 25 trillion metric tons of debris was ejected into the atmosphere that re- duced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade. — Source: 15 Facts That Really Put Everything In Perspective For Us

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