Interesting Facts

        This site has a collection of interesting facts. It is not meant that we have a comprehensive or reference collection, but rather just a set of different facts to browse through. The facts are listed in alphabetical order.

A-B-C-D-E-F-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z

A

Angel Falls - Highest Waterfall in the World

Antipodes

Appian Way

B

Bar Code

Beatles, origin of their name

Beau Brummel

Black Hole of Calcutta

Blackwell, Elizabeth 

C

Capybara

Charlemagne

Cement and Concrete

D

Ducking Stool

E

Elephant Bird

F

Father Flanagan

Federal Income tax

First Atomic bomb explosion

First Black American in Outer Space

First English Child born in America

First Heavier than Air Flight

First Man in Outer Space

First Man to Step on the Moon

First Woman in Outer Space

The Four Horsemen - Football

The Fourth Estate

G

Geraldine Ferraro

Giant Pandas - How many alive today?

Grandma Moses, painter

H

Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival

Homosexuality - percentages

I

International Peace Garden

Ivy League Schools

J

James Dean 3 Movies

John Bull

K

Kilimanjaro

Know Nothings

Kwashiorkor

L

Left Handed People - How Many

Longest River in the World

Loving vs. Virginia - Supreme Court Case

M

Megalopolis

Miranda vs. Arizona - Supreme Court case

Molly Maguires

Mona Lisa

Mount Rushmore

Mule

Murphy, Audie 

N

Nightengale, Florence 

O

Only person to become president, never elected president or vice president

P

Palindrome

Poitier, Sidney 

Population of the United States

Population of the World

Q

R

Rhodes Scholars

Robinson, Jackie 

S

Seven Sisters (colleges)

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

T

Thatcher, Margaret 

Tortoise or Turtle

U

U. S. Farmland - how much

V

W

Windsor

Witchcraft in Salem, Mass

X

Y

Yaeger, Charles 

Youngest Person ever to Become President

Z

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