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For every eye-rolling “the Titanic’s pool still has water in it” fun facts, there are still good ones out there, for example, did you know that Victorian era painters ground up mummies to make paint? “Mummy brown” wasn’t just a euphemism.
We’ve gathered some of the best, craziest facts from this online comment thread, from rather concerning facts about where the world is headed, to the random shenanigans folks got up to in the past. So get comfortable as you read through the list, upvote the ones you didn’t know before and be sure to share your own thoughts and examples in the comments section down below.
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#1
The ancient Egyptians existed so long that the ancient Egyptians were studying ancient Egypt like it was ancient
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#2
The median life expectancy in the 1800s was around 40 and people were eating organic food, but they didn’t have modern medicine. The median life expectancy now is around 77, but weirdly people want to romanticize that era by avoiding medical advances.
Floeckchen 1 week ago (edited)
mostly because of high child mortality. Thanks to RFK jr. je good ole times are slowly coming back
#3
There have been multiple Holocaust-scale genocides committed across Africa and still so little recognition for the millions of victims and their descendants
Floeckchen 1 week ago
like al-Faschir in Sudan. It is happening right now in this moment and no one talks about it
#4
Africa is the richest Continent on the planet. They are not poor, they are over exploited
Faye Bosworth 1 week ago
Makes sense tbh, they have so much natural resources, but western societies (especially europe) really messed them up
#5
the Titanic swimming pool still has water in it
#6
They erased women inventors, scientists, artists, philosophers, etc, from history to make it look like we ain't smart.
#7
The Vietnam war was an absolute waste of time, resources and human life and the fact the United States government was never held responsible for that is absurd
#8
we are stuck in this loop of letting rich men make our lives hell. been doing it for centuries and we know it. yet nothing has been done to stop it yet.
#9
the roman coliseum had advertisement banners hanging on it just like modern day sports games. but no movies put that in cause they think its to modern and no one believes ancient people did this.
#11
That Lewis, Clark & Sacagawea were not alone and would not have been able to complete their voyage without the help of Clark’s slave York. He was pivotal to the journey & when all was said and done he was SOLD. He mapped America and he was sold.
BrunoVI 1 week ago
Dayum. From Wikipedia: York expected to be given his freedom after the expedition was successfully completed, in view of what he called his "immense services", but Clark refused repeatedly and became angry when York would not go back willingly to his pre-expedition role as Clark's body servant. He also expressed irritation at York's insistence on remaining in Louisville, where his wife and possibly children were. He whipped York and eventually sold him.
#12
There are at least 2 times we were a single choice away from nuclear war during the cold war where the choice was decided by a single Russian soldier choosing to disobey a standing order.
#13
That the Kennedy family that has helped run our government had a daughter lobotomized because she was too "wild", and they didn't want her embarrassing the family.😳
Robin Roper 1 week ago
A bit simplistic description of the what and why. Sadly and incorrectly, lobotomies were being touted as a "miracle" cure for behaviors being exhibited by Rosemary. We know so much better know. But heck, c*****e was still found in cough syrup until the mid 1950's and we sterilized poor and minority women against their wills into the 1970's.
#14
elon musk is about to become a trillionaire yet only $50 billion a year could cure world hunger… he made $203 billion last year
Faye Bosworth 1 week ago
He OFFERED to cure workd hunger for 60 billion i think it was.. unicef stated that they could do it.. and then he CHANGED HIS MIND and cancelled the proposal. Says all you need to know about him.
#15
Genghis Khan killed so many people that he lowered the temperature of the earth, and many regions he conquered still haven't returned to their pre conquered population size!
#16
Twice as many Natives were killed to found this country than victims of the holocaust, n the fact that I learned it on tiktok is also egregious. Y r we not taught the true history of this country?? Everything we were taught abt our history is a lie.
Eroe Infinito 1 week ago
Can't trust a fact that isn't typed properly. Definitely can't trust anything from Tikky Tokky.
Zac 1 week ago
yeah thats cool but somewhere between 50-100 million native americans died as a result of colonization.
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Ace 1 week ago
It's quite possible you were taught it, you just paid about as much attention to the lesson as you did to the ones where you were shown how to write in English.
Michael Largey 1 week ago (edited)
If the OP is an American past a certain age, they were certainly not taught it in school. And with the growth of MAGA curriculum censorship, today's American students won't be taught it either. It's "divisive" to mention it.
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Tom Hardeveld 1 week ago (edited)
Fact aside, did this person also learned to spell through tiktok?
Faye Bosworth 1 week ago
Y'all are ragging this person for their spelling, without taking into account that this is a deliberate truncation of words, probably to fit a word count.. ffs they casually threw in egregious without a thought..
Alex Martin 1 week ago
That's inaccurate. The main cause of the massive depopulation of the Americas was contact with diseases from AfroEurAsia. AfroEurAsian populations had been devastated many times by outbreaks of disease (plague, small pox, etc.) and had developed immunities to these diseases. Populations in the Americas did not have immunities and we have no idea how many millions died. 15th century explorers had very rudimentary understanding of disease and had no way of knowing that they would have devastating impact on so many people. The treatment of surviving indigenous populations was terrible and there were many atrocities. The biggest killer was not man, but isolation from the diseases that had frequently devastated populations in AfroEurAsia.
Daisydaisy 1 week ago
Like the US, Australia too has an appalling history of treatment of First Nations people which continues to this day. The majority of white Australians couldn't care less
Spannidandoolar 1 week ago
I have been trying to drum into my kids that seeing it in a clip somewhere doesn't make something a fact, you need to always fact check. I have no issue with these mediums for spreading information, in some cases it's a good thing, but people need to learn to not to just believe everything on the Internet!
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Andrei Iepure 1 week ago
Did you think it was just a vast, empty continent? Entire civilizations were wiped out so you can have a turkey diner once a year
Betty Spaghetti 1 week ago
BP readers love the ad hominem logical fallacy when the source of information uses a social media platform or unconventional ways of typing
Moving Enigma 1 week ago
and it's people bending over backwards to accept "unconventional typing" at being okay, which contributes towards accepting a dumbing down society.
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Earonn - 1 week ago
Again - the American sickness. racism, not accepting the country's failures but hiding them... The USA behave like a teenager who hates on the 'uncool' kids and doesn't want to do its homework. With the outcome being exactly as to be expected. But growing up doesn't seem to be an option.
BrunoVI 1 week ago (edited)
This is what's awful about the discourse on the internet. If you refute the lie that tens of millions of people were k****d, you seem like you're defending the horror that tens of thousands were k****d. The total population of all of the americas was about six million in 1600; only a smalL portion of which lived in the 15% of which are now the United States. The largest number who died afterwards died of plagues, which medically could not possibly have spread through giving out infected blankets. (The germ of this myth is a soldier at Fort Pitt who claims to have attempted such.) By far the largest k*****g of American Indians was the Trail of Tears, on which about 15,000 died. In total, about 25,000, a few thousand died in direct conflict, and perhaps up to 100,000 died of deliberately induced hardship. Horrible, but hardly the tens of millions implied by OP
Onan Hag All 1 week ago
Spoken as a true victim of the farcical joke which passes for the US "education" system. The US ranks 34th in math, 16th in science, and 7th in reading among 81 countries globally. Among OECD nations, the US places 28th in math, 12th in science, and 6th in reading.
Lousha 1 week ago
Not like it makes it right in any way, but most countries were "founded" by "clearing" an area from those who happened to inhabit it at the time. (And those probably took that same land in a similar way a bit earlier from some other people.) In a lot of countries it happened so long ago that by now it would be mighty hard to find anyone to "apologise to" who is still in any way related to the previous inhabitants. Maybe one day we will learn to stop doing it. Probably not...
Bored Sailor 1 week ago
I learned history and writing in school, also Native Americans in USA and Canada being the same migrated over the Aleutian Islands not truly native but the first migrants. Now Mexico the other North American Country was evaddided by the Spanish and the Porteguse brought the first slaves to North America to support the Spanish, and USA did not even exsist at that time. Remember USA is not as old as the people who lived here, and are from many European Countries.
JB 1 week ago
By your logic we’re almost all migrants except for wherever it was that Homo sapiens evolved.
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#17
Forced adoption in Australia was a government policy that aimed to remove children from single, unwed mothers, and Indigenous families against their will between 1970 and 1980. It is estimated that 250,000 people were affected.
Tucker Cahooter 1 week ago
That timeline is way out. The Stolen Generation period started from the early 1900s
#18
The sheer number of coupes and collapsed governments that have occurred in direct correlation to CIA intervention.
#19
The fact that Japan is just as bad as Germany but unlike Germany they never faced any consequences
#20
After the attack on Pearl Harbor there was still sailors trapped inside the sunken ships however because there was no way to save them any sailors patrolling the there were ordered to ignore the sounds of pounding and screaming
Bored Sailor 1 week ago
And the bodies are still in there. The Navy cut many holes in the ships but could only do so much.
#21
Haiti has been paying the price for revolting against slavery and colonialism. For a long time European nations and the US avoided helping them as France had Haiti paying ransom and restitutions to the former slave owners which stunted their economy.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago (edited)
The french demanding payments seems to always cause trouble in history - Major reason why the Nazis were able to took over here in Germany too in the 30's
#22
Egyptians had to let their deceased women marinate for a while before sending them to be mummified so their bodies wouldn't be violated....
Kaedyn Walsh 1 week ago
Sigh. Even back then, huh? "not all men, true. But it's always a man"....
#23
The Appalachian mountains & Scottish highlands were part of the same mountain range that was called the central pangean mountains. Which makes all the interesting lore regarding both kind of make sense?
#24
Anne Boleyn didn’t want to marry the king. She was forced. You could not say no to the king back then.
#25
During the Unit 731 experiments, scientists found out the percentage of water in the human body. The started by weighing a prisoner, then dehydrating the living shit out of them, then weighing them again and figuring out the math on how much weight the prisoner lost.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago (edited)
They also found out how to treat burn victims and frostbite the most efficient way... I think I don't have to mention how
#26
Julius Ceaser was kidnapped and taken hostage. When he found out how much his kidnappers were asking for his ransom money, Julius Ceaser demanded that they raise it and ask for more.
Tobias Reaper 1 week ago
left out the part where after he was released he hunted down and crucified them all
#29
In Ancient Greece older men commonly kept the “company” of young boys bc it was seen as beneficial for their development. This also probably includes your favorite philosopher.
#30
a significant portion of earth's breathable air comes from the oceans. Which are currently dying. Many forests have shown serious stress from the effects of global warming. Stressed plants die.
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago
Fortunately, the oceans are not dying, nor are the plankton in them that provide oxygen. I know this will be downvoted because people love to believe in doom, but hey.
#31
Well the reason people used to refer to native Americans as “Indians”, is because Christopher Columbus thought he was in India..
#32
The only reason we know so much about frostbite is because of the human testing done by the Japanese in Unit 731.
Ace 1 week ago
Rubbish. There were ghastly things done there, for sure, and it's arguable that some current medical knowledge owes a little to some of the stuff that was discovered, but if you're going to make sweeping statements like this then at least try to find an example that actually has some truth to it. Freezing people to death or near-death is not studying frostbite.
#33
As a native, basically all the things not said in history class and the generational trauma that still severely impacts tribes throughout the country. The fact we’re statistically the race most likely to be SA’d in some form even today. That includes men and women.
#34
America has been the “bad guys” in every war since the civil war. Absolutely diabolical and evil things we’ve done and continue to do around the world
#35
They made so many Purple Heart medals in anticipation of a ground invasion of Japan that they’re still being issued today
Tucker Cahooter 1 week ago
I'm surprised the Dear Leader hasn't snaffled them all and handed them out like party favours to his buddies
#36
Like what would the world be right now if the Library of Alexandria hadnt been burnt
#37
Marylin Monroe went missing for hours after she was found dead. and then when she was found the man doing her autopsy let people in the room alone with her body as long as they paid him a good price
Kaedyn Walsh 1 week ago
First that gross man who was buried upside down so he'd be on top of her for eternity. And now this news. Jfc..... "not all men, true. But always a man...."
#38
People truly do not understand the horrible lengths the United States went through for Manifest Destiny.
#39
coffin births are documented things that have happened. not sure what that is? keep it that way
#40
The man in the crypt above Marilyn Monroe is buried upside down so he can be on top of her forever. He left it in his will and his wife actually did it.
Kaedyn Walsh 1 week ago
This is just so repulsive to me. When alive, she wouldn't have wanted that strange man "on top of her" and she would have made it known. But the poor deceased woman has no voice anymore and some strange pervert now "is on top of her". Gross af when not even the dead are allowed to consent or not. I hope this is a rumor/conspiracy.
#41
mummies are so rare now because many people in Victorian England ate them. they were considered a delicacy. same with Galapagos turtles. they tried multiple times to bring one back to England but they would eat all of them during the trip
#42
If the history of the universe were scaled down to a calendar year, then all recorded human history would have taken place in the ten seconds before midnight, December 31st.
#43
Earth has shifted on its axis and the U.S. is currently about 500 miles further north than it was 40 years ago
Kiki Likes Sweets 1 week ago
And about 500 miles further to the Right than they were 40 years ago, too!
#44
Look up what the U.S. did to the Marshall Islands in the 1970s
#45
That the first humans ever discovered originated from Africa and after all this time most of the countries in Africa are still third world countries
#46
The sharks in the Atlantic changed their migratory patterns bc they were able to eat so many bodies thrown off slave ships. Haunts me, i think about it all the time
#47
that hotel Rwanda is based on a true story and most people don't even no that happened at all.
highwaycrossingfrog 1 week ago
All that can be extrapolated from this statement is that *OP* didn't know Hotel Rwanda was based on a true story, and is assuming their ignorance is universal
#48
madame lalaurie and her house of horrors....not even gonna give details out on that one.
#49
During the time of slavery, enslaved people were often thrown off ships traveling from one country to the next. This made sharks start to follow slave shops and changed their migration patterns.
Andrei Iepure 1 week ago
It did not. Also, might want to look up how many slaves there are today. "the time of slavery" is all the time
#50
The Amazon rainforest is likely manmade and the deep in the rainforest tribes created those rainforest environments using Mulch
#51
Soo Albert Einstein actually just stole his wife‘s work and put his name on it
Zig Zag Wanderer 1 week ago (edited)
Where did that fantasy come from? Edit: some bizarre conspiracy theory. Get out the tinfoil hats! Thoroughly debunked, of course, but I'm sure someone will believe it!
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Tucker Cahooter 1 week ago
Unsubstantiated assertions, and opinions offered up as "facts". Par for the course these days. But at least we were spared Cleopatra and dinosaurs this time.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago (edited)
And nobody mentioned Abraham Lincoln being able to send a fax to a samurai
Load More Replies... Ace 1 week ago
The generally poor standard of writing, as well as the so-often repeated misinformation of a lot of these, is at least partially explained if you click one of the links and then realise that these were all lifted from TikTok. Yes, an even worse source of 'facts' than Reddit, it would seem.
Eroe Infinito 1 week ago
These "facts" are making me dumber. Probably because most of them are opinions and not facts.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago
The amount of BS in the lower entries have to be rage bait at this point, either that or BP doesn't care about fact checking at all
DrBronxx 1 week ago
These lists suck for a couple of reasons: 1) There are many in there that are just made up; 2) There are other facts that are so well known that they sound like a 12-year-old just came home and typed in something they learned in history class that day; and 3) the presence of the other two make it that much harder to find the ones that are actually true, especially because none of them are sourced. Also, secret no.4) alluding to something is not stating a fact. If you're going to mention something, describe it; don't expect people to do your work for you.
marianne eliza 1 week ago
Some of this is junk gleaned from social media instead of factual texts. I would guess red state educations.
Onan Hag All 1 week ago
We're these "facts" gathered from 19 year old Americans? I've never read such drivel. ( I was going to write "10 year old" but then I remembered "American education")
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 3 hours ago
I stopped reading after a while as so many of these read like poorly written opinions. Do better, BP.
Tucker Cahooter 1 week ago
Unsubstantiated assertions, and opinions offered up as "facts". Par for the course these days. But at least we were spared Cleopatra and dinosaurs this time.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago (edited)
And nobody mentioned Abraham Lincoln being able to send a fax to a samurai
Load More Replies... Ace 1 week ago
The generally poor standard of writing, as well as the so-often repeated misinformation of a lot of these, is at least partially explained if you click one of the links and then realise that these were all lifted from TikTok. Yes, an even worse source of 'facts' than Reddit, it would seem.
Eroe Infinito 1 week ago
These "facts" are making me dumber. Probably because most of them are opinions and not facts.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago
The amount of BS in the lower entries have to be rage bait at this point, either that or BP doesn't care about fact checking at all
DrBronxx 1 week ago
These lists suck for a couple of reasons: 1) There are many in there that are just made up; 2) There are other facts that are so well known that they sound like a 12-year-old just came home and typed in something they learned in history class that day; and 3) the presence of the other two make it that much harder to find the ones that are actually true, especially because none of them are sourced. Also, secret no.4) alluding to something is not stating a fact. If you're going to mention something, describe it; don't expect people to do your work for you.
marianne eliza 1 week ago
Some of this is junk gleaned from social media instead of factual texts. I would guess red state educations.
Onan Hag All 1 week ago
We're these "facts" gathered from 19 year old Americans? I've never read such drivel. ( I was going to write "10 year old" but then I remembered "American education")
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 3 hours ago
I stopped reading after a while as so many of these read like poorly written opinions. Do better, BP.
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