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December 2011

Montana had FEWER traffic accidents when they had NO speed limits! → omg-facts.com

Montana had FEWER traffic accidents when they had NO speed limits!

It’s called the Montana Speed Limit Paradox. Data collected by the state of Montana showed that when driving on highways with…

Dec 31, 201114 notes

78% of Mad Men’s writers are women. → omg-facts.com

78% of Mad Men’s writers are women.

While the popular show revolves around Don Draper and seems like a boys’ club, the majority of the writing staff for the AMC program is female!

The women in…

Dec 30, 201121 notes

When the US space station Skylab crashed in Australia, the municipality fined the US for littering! → omg-facts.com

When the US space station Skylab crashed in Australia, the municipality fined the US for littering!

In 1979, pieces of the US space station Skylab fell from the sky and littered the Australian…

Dec 28, 201114 notes

A family in Colorado lost their cat in 2007 and it was found 5 years later in New York! → omg-facts.com

A family in Colorado lost their cat in 2007 and it was found 5 years later in New York!

That’s over 1800 miles away. The cat had a microchip implanted when it was a kitten, so when an animal…

Dec 26, 201114 notes

An escaping prisoner saved a guard from freezing. Because of this, he was burnt to death! → omg-facts.com

An escaping prisoner saved a guard from freezing. Because of this, he was burnt to death!

In the Netherlands during the final years of Spanish rule, Dirk Willems was tried and convicted for…

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A Catalán Christmas tradition involves a Gift-Pooping log of wood! → omg-facts.com

A Catalán Christmas tradition involves a Gift-Pooping log of wood!

Called Tío de Nadal, this is one of the most unique Christmas traditions around.

On December 8th, a log of wood is given a…

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In the early days of Disney Studios, in a staff party, a cartoon short was shown of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in an x-rated scene. → omg-facts.com

In the early days of Disney Studios, in a staff party, a cartoon short was shown of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in an x-rated scene.

Afterwards, Walt chuckled along with everyone else, invited them…

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The Aryan Brotherhood is responsible for 21% of prison murders! → omg-facts.com

The Aryan Brotherhood is responsible for 21% of prison murders!

Even more amazingly, the Aryan Brotherhood accounts for only 1% of prison populations at approximately 20,000 members! The AB…

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Ernest Duchesne discovered penicillin 32 years before Alexander Fleming, but he was ignored because he was only 23! → omg-facts.com

Ernest Duchesne discovered penicillin 32 years before Alexander Fleming, but he was ignored because he was only 23!

Duchesne was a French physician who noted that certain moulds killed bacteria….

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John Stump is credited for creating ridiculous, unplayable music! → omg-facts.com

John Stump is credited for creating ridiculous, unplayable music!

John Stump is credited with the invention of the ridiculous music genre after composing a piece entitled “Faerie’s Aire and…

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How did Harriet Tubman trick a former slave owner? → omg-facts.com

How did Harriet Tubman trick a former slave owner?

Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who fled to the North in 1849. After this, she started helping her family escape the South, and eventually…

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Ghengis Khan killed 11% of the world's population!  → omg-facts.com

Ghengis Khan killed 11% of the world’s population!

Ghengis Khan reached power by uniting the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia. He founded the Mongol Empire and began invading other tribes….

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Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings using only 2 fingers! → omg-facts.com

Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings using only 2 fingers!

The novel took him over 14 years to write. After he wrote the Hobbit in 1937, it wasn’t until the mid 1950s when the first volume “The…

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