A Latvian man evaded the Soviets in bunkers in the woods for the entirety of the 50 year Soviet occupation. He came put when the last Soviet troops left, age 70.
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Tom Cruise was diagnosed with dyslexia…
Tom Cruise was diagnosed with dyslexia at 6 yrs old and graduated high school as a functional illiterate, relying on his sister for help with schoolwork. He was in movies like Taps and Risky Business before learning to read in 1986 when he became a scientologist, the year Top Gun was released.
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Trinity Southern University was…
Trinity Southern University was sued for allegedly selling fake degree after investigators were able to obtain a fake college degree for their cat.
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Before 1762, there was no influential…
Before 1762, there was no influential prescribed English grammar rules, but a desire within the middle class to teach their children to speak like the upperclass prompted Bishop Robert Lowth to publish the prescriptive grammar book which has been the foundation of current English grammar.
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Crazy Facts 2020-08-01 10:31:55
The oldest amusement park is in Denmark. Bakken, located in Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, opened in 1583 and is currently the oldest operating amusement park in the world. The park claims to have over 150 attractions, including a wooden roller coaster built in 1932.
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Considered the greatest poet in Chinese literature…
Considered the greatest poet in Chinese literature, Li Bai dedicated to alcohol a good chunk of his poems and drunkeness due to his rampant alcoholism. Legend has that he drowned after drunkenly trying to embrace the moon’s reflection upon the river during a ferry-ride. Some of his classic poems on getting hammered are on the […]
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Crazy Facts 2020-08-01 10:19:48
Contrary to what you might think, the cranium isn’t made out of just one bone. The human skull consists of twenty-two bones – eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. Except for the jaw, all of these bones are fused together by sutures (immovable joints), hence they tend to act as one.
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New Mexico license plates are..
New Mexico license plates are the only ones with USA on them because Americans don’t know it’s part of their country.
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Crazy Facts 2020-07-31 20:54:56
Eric Clapton holds the record for the most inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was first inducted as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992, then with Cream in 1993, and finally as a solo artist in 2000.
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Crazy Facts 2020-07-31 20:48:55
New Jersey and Oregon are the only U.S. states that ban self-service gas stations. These laws were seemingly made to protect customers from deadly accidents, but their effectiveness is disputed.
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