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50 Random Facts List #47 - Fact Republic
1. In 2004, Ken Jennings won over $3 million with a 74 day win streak in Jeopardy. 2. The shortest commercial flight (Between Westray Airfield and Papa Westray Airfield) can take as little as 47 seconds and costs £21. It's between two islands in the UK.
The Human Cost: 27 Facts About the Holocaust
01. Pregnant women in Auschwitz were told they would receive double portions of food but were sent to gas chambers instead.
40 Dino Facts – Everything You Need To Know About Dinosaurs
01. The Diplodocus could whip its tail so fast it would break the sound barrier, producing a canon-like boom.
50 Random Facts List #209
01. Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved’s ashes into their volcanoes, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discreetly.
50 Random Facts List #19
01. Soy sauce contains 10 times the antioxidants of red wine.
50 Stories of Audacious Robberies
01. Unknown culprits stole a beach in Jamaica in 2008. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this very day. #crime #didyouknow #shocking #wtf #police #cops #theft #thief
50 Random Facts List #79 - Fact Republic
1. In 2004, Juan, an Andean spectacled bear in Berlin zoo attempted to escape. He paddled across a moat using a log as a raft, scaled a wall and then finally appeared to commandeer a bicycle before being shot with a tranquilizer gun.
50 Facts Explaining Why Things Are the Way They Are
01. One of the main reasons why police use horses is due to the added height they provide, increasing visibility over large crowds and areas.