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it would be cheaper to have medicare for all than the current private healthcare scheme we have in the US. like trillions of dollars cheaper and would help with a lot of the social ills we have at the moment.

Youngworker160 Report

Final score:

421points

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Hokuloa 1 year ago

Hey, don’t be confusing us with logic and maths!!

160points

Given the number of scientists and historians around the world, it’s not surprising that we have new bits of information or inventions to marvel at every day. For example, if someone were to tell you about holographic animals at a circus performance, you would wonder what sci-fi show they had just watched.

Well, Germany's Roncalli circus has actually done that, using footage they filmed in 1991. The circus boss, wonderfully named Patrick Philadelphia, says the idea came from musicians doing the same. “If you can project someone who's no longer living onto a holographic screen, why can't you do it with an animal, a horse, an elephant? So that's where the idea came from,” he shared with Euronews.

Brazil is so big that the northernmost point in Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost point in Brazil.

Remain_silent Report

Final score:

284points

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Invader Zim 1 year ago

I like this one

40points

Intothewasteland , https://unsplash.com/photos/qAts81pZrbg Report

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts Bats help pollinate the agave plant. So if you like tequila, give props to the bats

Final score:

274points

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Mr.G86 1 year ago

Bats are so under appreciated

144points

You could be a carrier for any number of genetic diseases and not ever know it, and if you just happen to have a child with another carrier of the same disease, there is a 25% chance they will have it. Many of these diseases can be treated very well if caught on a newborn screening, but the majority of states don't have many genetic diseases on their newborn screening panel, so you won't have any idea until your child shows symptoms, and in most cases, by then it is too late.

Source: Me

I am a carrier for a rare terminal genetic disease called Krabbe Disease. Had two perfectly healthy children, then when my third child was 20 months old, he lost all of his abilities to walk, crawl, and even sit up unassisted in a matter of weeks. He is the 25% chance we didn't even know existed since no one in either of our families ever had the disease. Now, he is fighting for survival through a stem cell transplant to prolong his life.

He has a page we use to spread awareness for anyone interested in seeing his journey. It's called Prayers for Arthur, hope for a cure.

Vetchemh2 Report

Final score:

258points

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Happy crow dragon (they/any) 1 year ago

Awwww poor thing. Sending love

71points

While that does seem like a solid idea, have you noticed that you often do your best thinking in the shower? No, you aren’t imagining it, it’s a real feature. Unless you’re taking a cold shower, the relaxation and heat help your brain produce dopamine, which stimulates creativity. So if you are feeling stuck with something, hop in the shower and see where it takes you.

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts Pocahontas and William Shakespeare died less than a year apart and within 150 miles of each other.

FLEXXMAN33 , wikipedia Report

Final score:

236points

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Chewie Baron 1 year ago

That statue is not what Pocahontas looked like, and we’re not entirely sure that portrait is what Shakespeare looked like!

16points

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts Sharks are older than both trees and the rings of Saturn.

drewsiferr , Gerald Schömbs Report

Final score:

222points

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Porribix 1 year ago

Which two trees are they?

179points

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts "Häagen-Dazs" has no meaning in any language, it was meant to sound "European". It was started by Reuben Mattus, a Polish immigrant to New York who sold fruit ice and ice cream from a horse-drawn cart.

FLEXXMAN33 , Willis Lam Report

Final score:

197points

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cerinamroth 1 year ago

They chose it as Jewish immigrants from Europe because they thought it sounded Danish and they wanted to honour the way the Danes helped the Jews during the Second World War.

65points

Speaking of ideas, anyone who has spent more than four minutes in a city has no doubt encountered what some deem the “flying rat.” If that wasn’t enough of a hint, it’s a reference to the pigeon. Bumbling, clumsy, and somewhat annoying, these birds can actually tell the difference between the works of Picasso and Monet, despite not being able to tell a breadcrumb apart from some sand.

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII.

FLEXXMAN33 , Emily Schultz Report

Final score:

196points

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unfilteredCigarette73 1 year ago

That is sad😔 my grandfather was born that year

39points

IndianaJonesDoombot , Jordan Madrid Report

#10

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts Trees existed for a while before there was bacteria to break down trees, so most of the earth was just a pile of dead trees for awhile

Final score:

190points

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Peter Parker 1 year ago

Without fungi breaking down the dead trees, the biomass accumulated and formed coal and oil. Would not be possible any more today.

123points

#11

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts The moon is roughly 400x smaller than the sun, but also coincidentally about 400x closer to us than the sun. This makes them appear as though they are the same size - helpful for solar eclipses! This will change over time though as the moon drifts away from us, we just happen to live in a time that they appear the same size!

bobfossilnoway , Drew Rae Report

Final score:

187points

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A little Elf Conscious 1 year ago

Space facts are the best facts.

82points

Technical-SaladE22 , Dan Doucette Report

The blue whale tends to feature on this list a lot, as the largest mammal and animal on our planet. Its heart might not fit into most commercial pick-up trucks and we could slide down its veins like a water park ride, but did you know that its massive cardiovascular system works with such power that you can hear its heartbeat two miles away?

#12

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts A kind of moth is found in Madagascar that almost entirely subsists on the tears of sleeping birds.

Final score:

178points

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unfilteredCigarette73 1 year ago (edited)

Oh so this moth is what every emo kid was in their dreams

106points

#13

Tsutomo Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip and on the day he was supposed to leave, the atomic bomb dropped. Tsutomo survived with minor injuries and returned to his home in Nagasaki where he went to work 3 days later. As he was describing his experience to his supervisor, the second bomb was dropped and he survived without any injuries. He ended up living into his 90s.

FLEXXMAN33 Report

Final score:

173points

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DB 1 year ago

Japanese man in Nagasaki: "I was in Hiroshima the other day. Barely made it out alive. Glad that's over with." Looking up-"Ah s**t!"

14points

#14

The founders of Adidas and Puma were brothers with a sibling rivalry.

VerendusAudeo Report

Final score:

165points

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Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago

Adi Dassler. Forgot his brothers name.

26points

As mentioned before, there are more and more interesting facts about the world being revealed every day. Logically, not all of them will “make sense,” so if you want to read more, Bored Panda has got you covered. Check out our articles on facts that sound fake at first but are actually real and our collection of “stupid facts” that are still true.

#15

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire Solar System.

hymie0 , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

164points

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Happy crow dragon (they/any) 1 year ago

Took me a sec 😂😂

98points

Phred 1 year ago

Same thing happened when I told someone that our [organization's] prices are lower than all the other [organizations'] in the area combined. :-)

17points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Yeah same! yes, 2>1

2points

Lynda Birch 1 year ago

Me too! I was 'but there's 2 molecules of H - do I need to drop in Advogadros constant in somewhere?'

1point

Stacy Jones 1 year ago

Same!

0points

Erin Snodgrass 1 year ago

Our solar system only has 1 star- the sun

20points

Peter Parker 1 year ago

Don't leave me hanging here! I also need to know how many hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water to understand the joke????

8points

der sebbl 1 year ago

Congratulations, you got the joke

1point

early 1 year ago

That's the joke

1point

JP callaghan 1 year ago

There's only one star in the sol system

4points

Pamelot 1 year ago

Had to digest this fact. Whoa.

2points

BlahBlobLa 1 year ago

2 > 1

1point

Allen Scherr 1 year ago

Let me count to verify.

1point

Apatheist Account2 1 year ago

Unless one counts TV stars, movie stars, Internet stars...

1point

Nonna_SoF 1 year ago

Can I use the energy they produce to boil water? If not they don't count.

0points

Wednesday 1 week ago

lol... so so true...

0points

Joseph Trautlein 2 months ago

because solar system has ONE star

0points

Elizabeth Butler 1 year ago

One of each!!!

0points

Alicia Kessinger Bader 1 year ago

Dear heart, we only one star in our Solar System. You really mean galaxy which is The Milky Way. I hope this helps.

0points

Stardrop 1 year ago

Haha. Very funny.

0points

Nick Berthiaume 1 year ago

Very true! There’s only one star in the solar system

0points

El Dee 1 year ago

Lol! The average human has more eyes than the total number of stars in the solar system..

0points

BatPhace 1 year ago

Holy s**t that was wild.. damn I'm tired lol

0points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Or in a single molecule of hydrogen for that matter

0points

Kenneth Atwood 1 year ago

The solar system has only 1 star, the sun.

0points

Kristi Lorelli 1 year ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 1 year ago

Ha ha! I laughed out loud when I realized the key word was molecule!

0points

Samsquatch & Monko 1 year ago

LMAO

0points

Miki 1 year ago

Good one ;D

0points

Phil Green 1 year ago

Hahahahah! Nice one!

0points

Jan van den Broek 1 year ago

Perhaps I'm missing something, but isn't there just one star in the solar system (the Sun)? Perhaps the Milky Way was meant.

0points

Jan van den Broek 1 year ago

I now see what I was missing.

0points

scandalous 1 year ago

Had me in the first half

0points

Crouching hippo hidden panda 1 year ago

Oh come on

0points

Heather Menard 1 year ago

Wait h2o

0points

Timbob 1 year ago

What if there’s water somewhere else in our system ?

0points

der sebbl 1 year ago

What would that change?

0points

Pyla 1 year ago

Well…we have half the stars than there are atoms in a single molecule of water, too.

0points

HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

Well yeah darn

0points

Adrian 1 year ago

Ha, ha, good one!

-1point

BrookeBT 1 year ago

Jeez, who had to count?

-1point

martinmaurer73 1 year ago

This is either silly or a massive typo.

-1point

PlatinumThe8-BitCat 1 year ago

It’s supposed to be a joke

6points

#16

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts There were already fossilized dinosaur bones while dinosaurs were still alive.

mjohnsimon , Narciso Arellano Report

Final score:

163points

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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

Fun Dino fact 2 : half that T-Rex’s rib cage are missing. You can look up Sue the T-Rex

36points

#17

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts The timespan between the use of copper swords and then steel swords is longer then the timespan between the use of steel swords and the nuclear bomb.

hclpfan , Gary Todd Report

Final score:

145points

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Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago

Imagine being the first person to make a steel sword. Why they didn't end up ruling the world is anyones guess.

22points

RegularEmbarrassed36 , Library of Congress Report

#18

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts Jimmy Carter left nuclear codes in his jacket, which he had sent to the cleaners.

Final score:

139points

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unfilteredCigarette73 1 year ago

D@mnit I love that man to much to make some obvious jokes good dude if there ever was one

77points

Patient-Window6603 Report

#19

Human children do not develop kneecaps until they are 3 years old.

Final score:

136points

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Katrina M. Alecson 1 year ago

Even then it is cartilage, doesn't become bone until about 10

68points

#20

Salamanders are commonly associated with being summoned by fire in folklore. This is because they like to hide in decaying wood. And when people would burn the wood the salamander wouldn't notice right away until it was fully engulfed in flames and then come out of the wood and crawl out from the coals.

BlunGold Report

Final score:

127points

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Sanjneel 1 year ago

That's why a salamander is the fire spirit in Frozen!

16points

#21

There are boat bridges where a boat can travel over a ravine between two bodies of water. These boat bridges only need to be strong enough to hold the water in them. The boats, no matter how heavy they are, never contribute to the weight that the bridge must hold.

captain_flak Report

Final score:

127points

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Maggie 1 year ago

I want to see a picture of this to understand it.

83points

#22

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts 2/3 of Canada’s population lives south of Seattle.

FLEXXMAN33 , Chait Goli Report

Final score:

120points

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Nerenahd Dhaneren 1 year ago

2/3 of Canada's population have better public healthcare than Seattle. Well, to be fair the other 1/3 has too. 😂

42points

#23

Anne Frank and Martin Luther King jr. were born in the same year.

FLEXXMAN33 Report

Final score:

118points

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Bell-icose Premium 1 year ago

Both of them would be sad to see how little has changed since the times they lived and died in.

87points

Oneinsevenbillion75 Report

#24

The population of earth would fit inside Texas at the same density as NYC.

Final score:

116points

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hitex 1 year ago

Let's not try. It's already getting a little cramped

76points

#25

More people die annually as a result of coal power than have died due to nuclear power in its entire history.

FLEXXMAN33 Report

Final score:

116points

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michael Chock 1 year ago

Problem is nuclear waste continues for thousands of years, so let's add that to the equation

44points

#26

If you cut some species of worms in half, they can regenerate into 2 separate, fully-functioning worms. On other species, the front half will become a full worm, but the back half will grow another tail instead of a head, and will eventually starve to death because it can’t eat.

Atheist_Alex_C Report

Final score:

110points

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Saddest_Lion 1 year ago

That's unexpectedly sad

95points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

See Also on Bored Panda

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#27

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts Lighters were invented before matches

93tilInfinityish , Rafael Alves Report

Final score:

104points

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Caitlin Davenport 1 year ago

*The current form of the lighter was invented before the current form of the match.

41points

#28

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts A day on Mercury is longer than a year on Mercury and if you could walk on the surface of the planet, you could out-walk the sunset.

Alita_Of_Rivia , ZCH Report

Final score:

103points

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

This is incorrect, a day in mercury is 59 earth days, a year is 88 earth days. The post may be thinking of Venus where a day is longer than a year.

15points

Technical-Saladbb92 , Filip Rankovic Grobgaard Report

#29

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts that if you knock out a tooth and replace it in its socket, the tooth will grow roots again and survive.

Final score:

100points

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Saddest_Lion 1 year ago

Maybe I can remember that the next time I dream about them all falling out

68points

#30

Woolly mammoths we’re walking the earth while the pyramids were being built

mac_attack_zach Report

Final score:

96points

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Kat Downard 1 year ago

*were

76points

#31

Wombats have cube shaped poo

CautiousRock5854 Report

Final score:

92points

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WindySwede 1 year ago

How else are they going to build their pyramids..?

42points

#32

The brain named itself

hquer Report

Final score:

88points

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WindySwede 1 year ago

And then your parents: "Your name will be Brian". Your brain: "huh..?"

38points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

See Also on Bored Panda

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#33

Johannes Gutenberg, the man credited with creating arguably the most important invention in history, only had an operating printing press for a few years. He went bankrupt after his financier successfully sued him for not paying his loans. His then former financier came into possession of the printing press and any unfinished books.

CrunchyKorm Report

Final score:

87points

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hitex 1 year ago

Sounds akin to Nikola Tesla in that theu were essentially thrown out by those who were initially benefactos at 1st chance for greed & capitalize on their genius

45points

Asleep-Trifle-5731 , distraingotnobrakes Report

#34

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts There was a time when a samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln

Final score:

86points

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Richard Parker 1 year ago

Close, but not cigar. First submarine telegraphic cable linking Japan to the continent began 1872.

3points

#35

Plastic was introduced as a means to combat deforestation (paper bags were the norm back then)

thedopechi Report

Final score:

85points

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hitex 1 year ago

I remember as a kid when grocery stores switched from paper to plastic...not Its back to paper again

35points

#36

Did you know that Alaska is the northernmost, the westernmost, and the easternmost state in the United States? It's practically playing its own game of hide and seek!

BananaSplitun Report

Final score:

83points

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Ian Webling 1 year ago

For completeness, Hawaii is the southernmost state.

45points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

See Also on Bored Panda

French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#37

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts If you shuffle a deck of cards, it's not only possible, but likely no deck has ever been in the same sequence in the history of humans

I-amthegump , PrathSnap Report

Final score:

83points

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WindySwede 1 year ago

80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 possible combinations!

46points

#38

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts The total weight of all the ants on Earth is estimated to be roughly equal to or even greater than the total weight of all the humans on Earth.

Derderbere2 , MD_JERRY Report

Final score:

81points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

No wonder so many people are keen to welcome the ant overlords

23points

#39

The great pyramids were older to Cleopatra than she is to us. Also she was not Egyptian but was the first Egyptian ruler of her dynasty to speak Egyptian.

WhiskeyJack357 Report

Final score:

79points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

By the time she ruled they had historians studying "Ancient Egypt"

39points

#40

There used to be trillions of oysters living in New York harbor.

_jump_yossarian Report

Final score:

68points

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Nerenahd Dhaneren 1 year ago

Oh yeah, that was before they joined a weird Blue Cult or something. Heavy stuff.

93points

#41

Most peoples wing span is the same as their height

PolyDreamHouse Report

Final score:

63points

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Babs Ishkabibble 1 year ago

A wing span? Hmm.

24points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#42

Strawberries are not technically berries

Dry_Mind1 Report

Final score:

62points

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Happy crow dragon (they/any) 1 year ago

But bananas are!

51points

AestheticCopacetic Report

#43

Rabies virus has a 100% kill rate, if left untreated. (There are, like, one or two cases in all of human history of patients beating untreated rabies.)

Final score:

62points

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Katrina M. Alecson 1 year ago

Soooo not 100% like 99.999999%. Also I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that there was a village somewhere where people had natural antibodies to rabies without being vaccinated?

52points

ProfessorRaeWolfe , History in HD Report

#44

"What Is A True Fact That Sounds 100% Fake?": 50 Interesting Facts They put men on the moon before they put wheels on luggage.

Final score:

61points

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Gustav Gallifrey 1 year ago

Incorrect. See pic from 'Popular Science' Sept 1947, page 115 suitcase-6...6c027e.jpg

64points

#45

You are more likely to win an Olympic Medal than the lottery.

BrunoDeeSeL Report

Final score:

60points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Sure with no skill whatsoever and being in my 40’s I’ll go with the lottery. I think what they mean is more people have won an Olympic medal than have won the lottery.

70points

#46

*The Phantom Menace* is older now than *Star Wars* was when *The Phantom Menace* was released.

NUMBERS2357 Report

Final score:

55points

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Batwench Premium 1 year ago

At time of release of Phantom Menace in 1999: Star Wars was 22 (1977). So at this current year (2023) , this fact is correct.

13points

#47

Virtually all of the South American continent is east of Florida.

banditk77 Report

Final score:

55points

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Chad Uittenbogaard 1 year ago

Had to look that one up...

4points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

See Also on Bored Panda

“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#48

The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is farther West than the Pacific entrance.

CARNIesada6 Report

Final score:

55points

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Sand Ers 1 year ago

I told that one to my sister a while ago. She didn't exactly doubt me, but she did go look it up on a map to be sure.

9points

#49

France's longest border is with Brazil.

DanNotajoke Report

Final score:

53points

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Bell-icose Premium 1 year ago

In the area we call it the "Frog's thong."

19points

#50

Alaska is the centre of the world.

I.E if you were going to set up an operation less than eight hours away from the three biggest economies in the world, North America, Asia and Europe then Alaska is the perfect place to set up!

Geronimo2U Report

Final score:

48points

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Andrew Read 1 year ago

Anywhere you choose is the middle of the world.

46points