Tell me a random fact about the world, I want to learn something new.

The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run, which took place at a plantation in Manassas, VA owned by a Wilmer McLean.

After the battle, due to business concerns and for safety reasons, Wilmer moved his family about 120 miles south to Appomattox, VA. On April 8, 1865, a Confederate messenger sent by Robert E. Lee knocked on McLean's door and asked for the use of his home for a formal surrender of Lee to Grant.

McLean was supposedly quoted later as having said "The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor."

Sorry if this is a repeat:

-40 degrees is the same temperature, whether on the Fahrenheit or Celsius scale.

Japanese rail companies will charge the families of those who commit suicide on the tracks a fee depending on the severity of disrupted traffic.

The world record for most non-stop push-ups is 10,507.

The leading cause of death after the first generation of heart valves were placed was suicide. The constant audible clicking drove the recipients mad.

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I don't know about the tectonic plates, but I'm questioning the guy saying fingernails only grow a few centimeters every year. What's your definition of "a few"?

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James Buchanan is the only US President to have never married.

There are more countries/nations that are members of FIFA (208) and the IOC (205) than the United Nations (193).

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

Actual shape of the Earth:

Sporange is the only word that rhymes with orange.

redux wrote:

Sporange is the only word that rhymes with orange.

What about lorange and porange?

Cursing actually helps to reduce pain, by raising our pain tolerance.

After Tupac Shakur was killed, his body was cremated and some of his ashes were mixed together with marijuana and smoked by members of the Outlawz.

I came across the law in Kennesaw, GA that it is it required for head of households to own a gun. Is this law common in the south?

The center of a rainbow is where the shadow of your head falls. And everyone sees their own rainbow.

Woodrow Wilson was the only president to possess a PhD and he had a learning disability as well.

Cat Ba Island Vietnam is home to the White-headed Langur.

It is believed the three dozen or so there are the last of the species.

Noddy The Berserker wrote:

I didn't say the Bible existed more than 300 years before Christianity began, I said/meant Alexander was read a passage from the Bible but since we don't live before the time of Christ, I said Bible, instead of Daniel, which would have been more correct to your refined/sensitive tastes.

But it's no big deal, I think we're all a little rattled cause Alexander was such a badass.

You are an ass and that other guy made you look dumb. You took offense. You were wrong and you are insecure about being corrected. Maybe you aren't very smart and it's an issue? Anyway, you were wrong. And it made many people chuckle.

Alexander wasn't that much of a badass.

If all the world's water were fit into a gallon jug, the fresh water available for us to use would equal only about one tablespoon.

The english word "boondock" originated by the US military during the occupation of the Philippines ~ 1898-1913; derived from the tagalog word "bundok" which means mountain.

so if you ever wondered how the expression "out in the boonies" came to be, thank the US military - salamat!