‘What’s your favourite fact you like to tell?’ – 23 fascinating nuggets of truth you can pinch to impress other people with

13.

‘Christopher Lee was also in the crowd for the last public execution in France.’
–smoulderstoat

14.

‘Haiti and Liechtenstein had the same flag until 1937, as it was only realised at the 1936 Olympics.’
–AdministrativeLaugh2

15.

‘Every packet of Walkers expires on a Saturday.’
–InfectedWashington

16.

‘Election candidates with surnames that are lower alphabetically do better on average. This is because their names appear at the top of the ballot and there’s a percentage of voters who just tick the first name they see. And there’s enough of them for it to make a difference.’
–it_is_good82

17.

‘Oxford University was around before the Aztec Empire formed.’
–BadBoppa

18.

‘This is a new favourite: whales evolved from a four-legged land mammal called a Pakicetus, about the size of a large dog.’
–Educational_Worth906

19.

‘Everest was measured as 29000 feet high (to the most exacting possible standards of the day) and they added 3 feet to make it seem a real measurement rather than an estimate. Also, the guy it was named after pronounced his name ‘Eve-rest’ not ‘Ever-est’.’
–froggit0

20.

‘Norway is one country away from North Korea, because of how massive Russia is, it borders both Norway and North Korea.’
–TheNathanNS

21.

‘All the planets of our solar system, if placed together, would fit comfortably between Earth and its moon. There’d still be room for Pluto too.’
–Geordieinthebigcity

22.

‘The chimney at the back of the Titanic was fake. It was added to make the ship look grander and more powerful.’
–newdanny3636

23.

‘This is my new one and it blew my mind (thank you Horrible Sciences – it’s the only time I’ve watched it so far). There are more ways to shuffle a standard deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.’
–Crazy-Practice1918

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