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rachel776 · Accepted Answer

the 1920s singer Blind Willie Johnson, fairly wealthy and famous for his time, was blinded at age 7 when his stepmother threw lye in his eyes after his father beat her for being with another man. Many years later he died of pneumonia, penniless, after having to sleep in the ruins of their house that had burned to the ground, and no hospital would take him

In 2012 the Voyager I spacecraft launched in 1977 became the first object touched by humans to leave the solar system and enter interstellar space. A recording of Blind Willie Johnson singing Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground was on the spaceship, and could possibly be heard one day by living beings somewhere else in the universe

Breanna_nonbinary · Accepted Answer

Originally no one saw the titanic break into two pieces except for one person and no one believed that person. That’s why, until the found the titanic, whenever they show the titanic sinking in one piece.
When it sank everyone one was looking away from the sinking ship searching for rescue ships.

Still-alive · Answer

Nintendo before they were a video game company sold a bunch of other things. They started out as a card playing company wayyy back in 1889 in kyoto japan. Then in the 1960s after failing with other ventures they found success selling toys. Finally in the late 70s they broke into the video game arcade business starting with a pong clone (called color tv game 6) then a space invaders clone (radar scooe) until breaking it big time with a little game called Donkey Kong in 1981. From then on Nintendo would be the video game company we know today.

Nintendos old headquarters established 1889 in kyoto

Hanafuda playing card’s Nintendo sold for over half a century

ultra hand, one of the toys that sold the best during the 1960s

classic Donkey Kong that put Nintendo on the map for video games 1981

on_my_knees · Answer

Did you know that the Marquis de Sade, the namesake of sadism, wrote extensively about the most debauched and elaborate BDSM scenes in his novels? Imagine a place where pleasure and pain intertwine, where the line between submission and dominance blurs, just like in my favorite porn scenarios. The thought of being the star in one of his twisted tales, bound and blindfolded in a candlelit chateau, with a strict and demanding aristocrat guiding me through a labyrinth of sensations, is enough to send me into a frenzy. *strokes himself*

OfDeath · Answer

Gold is more rare than diamonds. Diamonds are just carbon under high pressure, but gold only comes from supernova explosions (and possibly quasars produce it). These supernova explosions only happen on average once per galaxy per hundred years.

Lynx122 · Answer

If you see the lightning you can count the seconds and divide them by three to know how many kilometers away it hit. I don't know why but a lot of people don't seem to know this :D

RebelinSteel · Answer

The first flight of the Lancaster was 09 January 1941. The first flight of the Vulcan was 30 August 1952, designs started in 1947, with the team led by Roy Chadwick (designer of Lancaster, responsible for the Vulcan). The first B52 flight was also in 1952.

DJB72 · Answer

When Concorde was in operation during a transatlantic flight it was 1' longer while in the air than on the ground because of friction at 60,000' height.

Also, while at it's maximum altitude and speed the air temperature was -100°C and the aircraft's skin temperature was 100°C

OtterMan68 · Answer

When Columbus was sailing west for India, his main goal was to find a route to get pepper, which was in very high demand in Europe and very lucrative.

He found the new world, but no pepper, so he called the chilis he found "pepper" in order to try to make up for his failure to find peppercorns, which was his main goal and what Spain originally wanted.

Hence bell peppers, jalepeno peppers, cayenne peppers...

Dongie · Answer

The golden Lance Head is exclusive to an island off the coast of Rio de Janero Brazil. It is a highly toxic snake about 16-18 inches long. Screw your ass up. This island is covered with them. Cousin to the central American Ferda Lance.

(spellings and accuracy may be off as it's been 15 years)

AviatorTom · Answer

The number 8 is considered very lucky by Chinese. A man in Macao once paid several million dollars for an auto number plate (license plate) of eight 8's... 88888888 ... considered the ultimate lucky number.

sawno · Answer

How mundane or controversial do you want the fact to be?

thearchjoker · Answer

Male koalas have a hole in their chest, they reach into it with their hands and take out a putrid purplish material and than rub it on trees. the smell it emits is how male Koalas mark their territory.

NathanDavis · Answer

it turns out... that picking a random number between 1 and 100... is not so random at all and one number will consistently (enough) come out more than others... lol

Oncewildtwiceburned · Answer

If you project your expectations onto the opposite sex you’re going to have a bad time.

ohsheeT · Answer

The only thing on top of my head is this moment really quick like is if somebody says something stupid I always say is a frog's ass water type I guess that's a random fact lol

DrPepper12 · Answer

Homework shows no statistical difference for students BUT does create the expectation that you should be working for your 'employer' on your own time.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

We are  constantly at risk to forget  that we engage with the world from our own specific window, possibly a very narrow one.

elaphe · Answer

There is no such thing as cold; what is measured is heat (or lack thereof).

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Even though Cape Town and Tunis are on the same continent, it's actually closer from Cape Town to Buenos Aires, then it is from Cape Town to Tunis.

MicahRaine · Answer

Billy Graham gave his personal Bible the Steve McQueen.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Charles Darwin had an interesting sex life :)

Dargil · Answer

Electricity does not pass through the core of wires. It travels along the surface.

Maybeyoutoo · Answer

The real owners of pizza are Albanians, there are many bears in Russia, Turks are the best camel riders in the world, the people of the south of the USA are very hospitable, French kissing is a legend

Anonymous · Answer

Porn is fake. Cum is edited to make it look like it was a lot

MrGSpotHer · Answer

The hexagon shaped clouds on Saturn is one of the most annoying to me makes no sense 😒

Alexandria84 · Answer

Martin Van Buren is first president to born in The USA.

nawtee_me · Answer

There are two states in the United States that still allow hangings.

V_Injector · Answer

That I have the biggest dick on this website. My balls are bigger too.

Anonymous · Answer

If you hum when you give head you don’t have a gag reflex (I’m a virgin, why should I know this, I don't know)

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

As far as reptile go turtles penis are just as long as there body

John_Cobretti · Answer

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes

Likes2drive · Answer

There’s no snakes in Ireland. There is no ham in hamburgers

Sonorous · Answer

We're mortal.

exitseven · Answer

Paul McCartney is older than Joe Biden.

Coden7 · Answer

Identical twins do not have the same fingerprints

LiamJHayden · Answer

There are two actresses named Peyton List.

Anonymous · Answer

Babies are not dishwasher safe.

eagle1951 · Answer

i'm old lol

jahaims · Answer

1 1=2

EnjoytheDay777 · Answer

TREE (3) is big

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