254 Incredible Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know
Nothing makes you more of a nuisance than sharing random trivia without any context. Broadening our knowledge about the world, however, is something we can't avoid. It's too interesting and too easy to get lost in. To teach you everything you need to know to bore people to death we've compiled some of the most surprising truths from Fact Republic.
From a carrier pigeon racing with internet technology to a badass Titanic passenger, the things on this list will surely spark your interest in random trivia. Scroll down to learn a thing or two and upvote your favorite entries! If, however, this series doesn't ease your thirst for knowledge, check out these 30 happiest random facts as well!
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If I am remembering it correctly, PoC movie did have one female Chinese pirate in the sequence where they showed a meeting between all the pirates.
This shows the humanity of a number of Germans in contrast to how the nation had been swayed to follow Hitler blindly. Its a brilliant fact and I'm glad you shared it.
The US national anthem's melody is based on an English song, BTW. (Another fun fact: the melody of "My Country Tis of Thee" is the same as "God Save the Queen" which is taken from a Prussian song, "Heil dir im Siegerkranz", 'coincidentally' the British monarchy is an extension of various German monarchies. So WWI was nothing more than a family feud, using millions of people as pawns.)
she can run at the age of 70 and I debate whether a shower is more important than sleeping for extra 20 minutes.
Did they change their stance on the issue after that or were they ok with potentially dying?
They must not have had many war chiefs before if one of the requirements was stealing 50 horses from the SS.
"wrestled the 200-pound shark to shore" That's superlative of Badassery.
of all shark survivor stories, this has always been a favorite. the boy's name is Jesse. he was 8 when this happened.
I remember this story. I was living in Pensacola, Florida at the time. I believe the family was vacationing from Mississippi.
He actually bet the shark to death with his nephew's severed arm. The animal rights activists were pissed.
