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·Aug 31

The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 68

History’s Most Successful Pirate One of the most successful pirates of all time was a female pirate named Ching Shih, who at one point commanded around 50,000 to 70,000 pirates and 1,200 ships, more ships than the Spanish Armada. Ching Shih shared or controlled much of the China Sea from 1801 to 1810, but…

Facts

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The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 68
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 68
Facts

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Knowledge Stew

·Aug 8

The Time When McDonald’s Tried to Get Into the Pizza Business

McDonald’s is widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful fast food chains, but while the company has had many products that have been hits, such as the Quarter Pounder, Big Mac, Chicken McNuggets, and Egg McMuffin, it also had some duds. …

Business

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The Time When McDonald’s Tried to Get Into the Pizza Business
The Time When McDonald’s Tried to Get Into the Pizza Business
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Knowledge Stew

·Aug 4

The Three Largest Pools in the World

These three pools are so large that you can sail on them, scuba dive in them, and you may even get lost trying to navigate around them. Here are the three largest constructed pools, or more specifically lagoons, on Earth. 1. City Stars, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Travel

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The Three Largest Pools in the World
The Three Largest Pools in the World
Travel

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Fact World

·Jul 29

The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 67

Missing Apostrophes Geographical place names in the United States rarely have one piece of punctuation — the apostrophe. Since 1890, The U.S. …

Facts

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The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 67
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 67
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Fact World

·Jul 3

The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 66

How to Cool a Lot of Concrete The Hoover Dam is as tall as a 60-story building and was the highest dam in the world when it was completed in 1935. It spans the Colorado River on the border between Arizona and Nevada, weighs more than 6.6 million tons, and withstands pressures of 45,000 pounds per square…

Facts

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The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 66
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 66
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Knowledge Stew

·Jun 1

Pesäpallo — The Unique Finnish Version of Baseball

Baseball is called America’s pastime, but a very different version is played in Finland. It’s called Pesäpallo or “nest ball,” and more popularly known as pesis or Finnish baseball. …

Sports

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Pesäpallo — The Unique Finnish Version of Baseball
Pesäpallo — The Unique Finnish Version of Baseball
Sports

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Fact World

·May 30

The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 65

Pick An Ocean The Continental Divide of North America separates the major watersheds that flow to the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico, and it runs from Alaska through the Rockies and into Mexico. …

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The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 65
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 65
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Fact World

·May 2

The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 64

What Were the Canary Islands Named After? The Canary Islands are off the northwest African mainland and are an autonomous community of Spain. It would seem that the Canary Islands were named after the bird of the same name, but this isn’t the case. …

Trivia

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The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 64
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 64
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Knowledge Stew

·Apr 22

How the World Cup Trophy Was Stolen and Then Found By a Dog

The FIFA World Cup Trophy is one of the most coveted and expensive trophies in sports. It is made of 18-karat gold and valued at $250,000. But the winning team of the World Cup doesn’t get to keep the trophy, and players get medals instead for first, second, and third…

Sports

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How the World Cup Trophy Was Stolen and Then Found By a Dog
How the World Cup Trophy Was Stolen and Then Found By a Dog
Sports

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Fact World

·Apr 20

The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 63

An Amazing Palace of Stone Ferdinand Cheval was a rural postman in south France who spent 33 years assembling stones into an impressive structure called Palais Ideal or Ideal Palace. Cheval’s postal route was 25 km long, which he completed entirely on foot. During one of his rounds in April 1879, he came across a…

Trivia

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The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 63
The Wonderful World of Completely Random Facts — Issue 63
Trivia

10 min read

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