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25 Insane Facts That Will Completely Blow Your Mind

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In 1947 in Texas City, Texas. There was a ship fire that was so hot, the sea water was boiling. When the ship finally exploded, it created a 15 ft wave detectable 100 miles away, leveled 1000 buildings, knocked two planes out of the sky, was felt in Louisiana 250 miles away, had a 2 ton anchor blown 1.62 miles inland, a second 5 ton anchor blown half a mile inland, exploded a second ship which sent a propeller nearly a mile inland, destroyed a seaport, obliterated 362 freight cars, left 2,000 people homeless, tons of other damage, people killed, and resulted in the first class action lawsuit against the United States government.

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When it’s so quiet you can hear snow falling, you’re actually hearing the static discharge of the snowflake hitting the ground. It gathers the electricity while it’s falling to Earth.

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When they first measured Everest it was a bizarrely round number so they added a few fake inches so people would be more likely to believe them!

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If Bill Gates were to live to 90 he could spend 8 million dollars a day for the rest of his life and still have over 1 billion dollars at the time of his death

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The Roman Empire rose and fell before anybody ever discovered Madagascar, and when they did, they came from the east, not west from Africa.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.