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Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

Here you will find some really Interesting Facts which you never know. These Amazing Facts are well categorised. The categories which we have within Interesting facts are Animals Facts, Food Facts, Geography Facts, History Facts, Humans Facts, Inventions Facts, Language Facts, Miscellaneous Facts, Nature Facts, Sports Facts. All facts are really Surprising. Tell your friends about these facts and then ask them 'Did you know it', I am sure that the answer will be NO. Below is the latest Interesting Facts added to the site.

Miscellaneous Facts
Buried Standing Up - Miscellaneous Facts

To save costs, the body of Shakespeare's friend and fellow dramatist, Ben Jonson, was buried standing up in Westminister Abbey, London in 1637.

Sports Facts
First Formula One Grand Prix Winner - Sports Facts

Ferenc Szisz from Romania, driving a Renault, won the first Formula One Grand Prix held at Le Mans, France in 1906.

Miscellaneous Facts
Gulliver's Travels Fact - Miscellaneous Facts

When Jonathan Swift published 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726, he intended it as a satire on the ferociousness of human nature. Today it is enjoyed as a children's story.


Language Facts
First Oxford English Dictionary - Language Facts

The first Oxford English Dictionary was published in April 1928, 50 years after it was started. It consisted of 400,000 words and phrases in 10 volumes. The latest edition fills 22,000 pages, includes 33,000 Shakespeare quotations, and is bound in 20 volumes. All of which is available on a single CD or flash drive.

Miscellaneous Facts
First Color Photograph - Miscellaneous Facts

The first color photograph was made in 1861 by James Maxwell. He photographed a tartan ribbon.

Language Facts
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy Rscheearch - Language Facts

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Sports Facts
Badminton Shuttle Speed - Sports Facts

A badminton shuttle easily travels 180 km/h (112 mph).

Miscellaneous Facts
The oldest daily newspaper - Miscellaneous Facts

The oldest surviving daily newspaper is the Wiener Zeitung of Austria. It was first printed in 1703.



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