Random Facts (14 gifs)

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Uncover a treasure trove of random facts that will surprise and amuse you! This post features quirky tidbits, astonishing statistics, and fun trivia from around the globe. Whether you’re a trivia buff or just curious, these intriguing snippets are perfect for sparking conversation and expanding your knowledge in unexpected ways!

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"In 2005, in order to pay for college, a student in England made a 1,000,000 pixel webpage and put up the space for sale at $1/pixel. He was successful, selling out in less than 6 months."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"Zambia had a space program in the 1960s. It consisted of a grade school science teacher, a teenage girl and her cat, and a missionary."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"Grace O’Malley, an Irish pirate queen became rich by “taxing” ships passing by her lands in western Ireland, killing those who resisted."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"When building the Golden Gate Bridge, the lead structural engineer insisted on the installation of a safety net even though its $130,000 cost was deemed exorbitant. Over the four years of its construction, the net saved 19 men, who named themselves the “Halfway to Hell Club.”"

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"The largest mountain in The Netherlands is located in the Caribbean."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"The word “legend” originally meant “things to be read.” In the pre-Medieval period, reading and writing were very rare, and so anything worthy of being written down was something very noteworthy, and thus “legendary”; worthy of being written down and read. "

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"A treasure hunter named Tommy Thompson located a ship that sank in 1857 called the SS Central America. The ship carried several tons of gold, and in 1987, he recovered over $1 billion worth of gold from it. He never paid back his crew or investors, and hasn’t been seen in years."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"Take-out restaurants existed in Ancient Rome, with service counters opening onto the street to pick up food. More than 200 existed in Pompeii, and most of its homes lacked dining or kitchen areas, suggesting that cooking at home was unusual."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"In 1999, NASA lost a $125million Mars orbiter because half the project staff used imperial measurements and the other half used metric. "

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"On Japanese island Yakushima, macaque monkeys are known to ride deer for transportation, and in return, they groom deer and share food with them. "

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"There is a hotel in Kenya that also serves as a giraffe sanctuary, and the giraffes stick their heads into the windows to get snacks at breakfast time. "

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, had been wheelchair-bound since 2011 due to his old age and height. However, when he found out Chewbacca would appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the actor underwent double knee surgery in 2013 in order to reprise the role. "

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"Grand Theft Auto was originally a racing game called Race’n’Chase, however a glitch made the police cars go crazy, ramming the player. This glitch was so popular with testers that they rebuilt the game around it, creating GTA."

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"Jack Daniels sent a cease and desist letter to an author who blatantly mimicked their label for his book cover 2 years ago, but instead of being angrily demanding, Jack Daniels offered to pay for the cost of reprinting the book. "

Random Facts (14 gifs)

"A pair of 12,000-year-old cave lion cubs were found mummified in Siberia. "


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