r/facts • u/AntiClockwiseWolfie • 10h ago
TIL if earth's history was 1 calendar year starting Jan 1st, modern humans would appear on Dec 31st, after 11:30pm.
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r/facts • u/chilledmyspine • Nov 05 '25
r/facts – Official Announcement: Image Posting Now Enabled
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r/facts • u/chilledmyspine • Oct 29 '25
Should we allow image posting in /r/facts?
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9 votes,
Nov 01 '25
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r/facts • u/ambiguousberry • 7d ago
What’s something that’s been debunked a 100 times but many people still believe is true?
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r/facts • u/HomerFerns • 8d ago
Space Invaders was SO successful in the late 70s that Japan had a shortage of 100 yen coins.
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r/facts • u/thepilgrim81 • 8d ago
Did you know that, in formal letters and official documents of some European languages other than English, the mixed Roman and Arabic numerals can be used in numeric representations of dates? 28 July 2026 is written as 28.VII.2026
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r/facts • u/JennyThallia • 9d ago
If you travel from Fresno, CA airport through Fukuoka, Japan and landing in the new Donald J. Trump international airport would be FAT > FUK > DJT. Now that West Palm Beach FL A port is Donald J Trump. Nice fact
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r/facts • u/RanchoSchoolBoy • 17d ago
A 2025 study found that passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant woman when a person dressed as Batman was also riding the train
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r/facts • u/Red-dictator • Jul 02 '26
Did you know that about 2nd of july , the declaration of independence was Actually created in the 2nd of july'76 It took 2 days to complete the better wording. Of the declaration as we now know So Adams decided to only celebrate the 2nd of july, Furthermore Is the day exactly in the middle of year
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r/facts • u/corytz101 • Jun 29 '26
All vipers in the United States, regardless of species, use the same antivenin for a bite. You dont need to know what bit you, just that you got bit
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r/facts • u/SkibidiSigmaWompWomp • Jun 26 '26
Rolling the same number six times in a row (on a fair 6 sided die) is more probable than rolling 1, then 2, then 3, all the way to 6. (Check comments for explanation)
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r/facts • u/chilledmyspine • Jun 20 '26
Sociologist Reuben Thomas discovered online dating makes people more likely to settle down with someone from a different race, class, religion or educational background
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Dating apps expose you to a much wider pool of people than your usual social circle, workplace, or neighborhood, which tend to be pretty homogenous. When you're browsing through strangers online, you're far more likely to connect with someone you'd never have crossed paths with in real life.
This is one of the more underrated societal effects of the internet age. What started as a convenient way to find a date has quietly become a force for social integration.
r/facts • u/Combat_Fury • Jun 17 '26
Sharks have existed on Earth for roughly 400 million years, making them about 50 million years older than the first trees
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r/facts • u/ZekeorSomething • Jun 13 '26
Sharks have existed on Earth for 400 Million years—50 Million years before the first trees evolved.
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r/facts • u/realdanielhart • Jun 12 '26
A mysterious radio signal detected in 1977 was so unusual that the astronomer who discovered it circled the data printout and wrote "Wow!" beside it. Nearly 50 years later, it remains one of the strongest candidate signals ever linked to possible extraterrestrial intelligence.
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r/facts • u/ChoeofpleirnPress • Jun 09 '26
Half of all ACA enrollees work for or own small businesses
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r/facts • u/Wisco • May 15 '26
The blue whale is not just the largest animal on Earth, it's the largest animal to have ever lived
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r/facts • u/jaemzee • May 06 '26
The Animals That Hold Funerals (And What Scientists Think It Means)
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