Facts That Seem False But Actually Aren’t

1.

Reno, Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles.

2.

There are more plastic flamingos in the US than real ones.

3.

Star Wars was released closer to the end of World War II than to today.

4.

On average, the US Congress brings up Hitler 7.7 times per month.

5.

Bristol, Tennessee is closer to Canada than it is to Memphis.

6.

If a show called That 90's Show was going to start filming the same number of years following the 90's as That 70's Show waited to film following the 70's, it would start in 2017.

7.

All the ants on Earth weigh about the same as all the people.

8.

2 in 3 Australians will get cancer in their lifetimes.

9.

If you start in downtown Detroit and head south, you'll end up in…Canada.

10.

80% of males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 didn't survive World War II.

11.

More silent films have been lost than saved.

12.

When Nintendo was founded, the Ottoman Empire was still in power (Nintendo founded – 1889, Ottoman Empire ended – 1922).

13.

Oxford University is at least 400 years older than the Aztec Empire. (No one knows when Oxford was founded, but there are records that go back to 1096.)

14.

Pocahontas and William Shakespeare died less than one year apart and less than 150 miles from each other.

15.

If the sun exploded in a supernova, it would be roughly 1 billion times brighter than having a hydrogen bomb explode right in front of your face.

16.

Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin both owned the same tortoise. (His name was Harriet, and he lived for 175 years.)

17.

Starquakes are like earthquakes except on neutron stars. They would release enough gamma radiation to kill you from nearly 10 light years away.

18.

Samsung accounts for 25% of South Korea's GDP.

19.

An average cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds.

20.

20% of mammal species on Earth are different types of bats.

21.

25% of the world's prison population is incarcerated in the United States.

22.

Mount Everest was originally calculated to be exactly 29,000 feet but was reported as 29,002 feet to avoid making it seem as though the measurement was just a rounded estimate.

23.

Next to the United States, North Korea has the most submarines in the world.

24.

When they were building the Great Pyramids, there were still woolly mammoths roaming the Earth.

25.

Incoming college freshman don't remember 9/11.