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Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

Time to blow your mind.

By Nathan Johnson

Published 8 years ago in Wow

Time to blow your mind.
  • 1

    Oxford University is at least 400 years older than the Aztec Empire. (No one knows when Oxford was founded, but there are records that go back to 1096.)

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 2

    Incoming college freshman don't remember 9/11.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 3

    When they were building the Great Pyramids, there were still woolly mammoths roaming the Earth.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 4

    Next to the United States, North Korea has the most submarines in the world.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 5

    Mount Everest was originally calculated to be exactly 29,000 feet but was reported as 29,002 feet to avoid making it seem as though the measurement was just a rounded estimate.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 6

    25% of the world's prison population is incarcerated in the United States.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 7

    20% of mammal species on Earth are different types of bats.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 8

    An average cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 9

    Samsung accounts for 25% of South Korea's GDP.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 10

    Starquakes are like earthquakes except on neutron stars. They would release enough gamma radiation to kill you from nearly 10 light years away.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 11

    Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin both owned the same tortoise. (His name was Harriet, and he lived for 175 years.)

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 12

    If the sun exploded in a supernova, it would be roughly 1 billion times brighter than having a hydrogen bomb explode right in front of your face.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 13

    Pocahontas and William Shakespeare died less than one year apart and less than 150 miles from each other.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 14

    Reno, Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 15

    When Nintendo was founded, the Ottoman Empire was still in power (Nintendo founded – 1889, Ottoman Empire ended – 1922).

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 16

    More silent films have been lost than saved.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 17

    80% of males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 didn't survive World War II.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 18

    If you start in downtown Detroit and head south, you'll end up in…Canada.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 19

    2 in 3 Australians will get cancer in their lifetimes.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 20

    All the ants on Earth weigh about the same as all the people.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 21

    If a show called That 90's Show was going to start filming the same number of years following the 90's as That 70's Show waited to film following the 70's, it would start in 2017.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 22

    Bristol, Tennessee is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 23

    On average, the US Congress brings up Hitler 7.7 times per month.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 24

    Star Wars was released closer to the end of World War II than to today.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

  • 25

    There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones.

    Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

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