Category Archives: Government

Jan 13 2017
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Government

Fact #1272: The US House of Representatives has had 435 seats since 1911, when the population of the United States was 94 million. Today the population is over 326 million.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_Act_of_1911

Nov 16 2016
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Government, Places

Fact #1231: German citizens can travel to 177 territories without a visa/visa given on arrival, the most in the world.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_visa#Visa_restrictions

Oct 08 2016
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Government

Fact #1205: It is illegal to burn the flag of any country in Denmark, with the exception of the Danish flag itself.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag__desecration?1##Denmark

Jun 07 2016
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Government, Technology

Fact #1118: Silly String is employed by militaries to reveal tripwires, as it will hang off them but doesn’t weigh enough to trip them.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_String#Military_use

Apr 08 2016
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Government, Money

Fact #1075: The US Treasury still prints $2 bills. Thirty-two million $2 bills were printed in 2014.

Source: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/resources/productionannual.html

Apr 06 2016
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Government, History, People

Fact #1073: Franklin Pierce’s 1852 presidential campaign slogan was, “We Polked you in ’44, We shall Pierce you in ’52.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._presidential_campaign_slogans

Jan 08 2016
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Finance, Government, Places

Fact #1012: Russia’s GDP is only 10% of that of the United States’.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

Dec 01 2015
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Government, People, Politics

Fact #987: Gerald Ford is the only person to have served as both Vice President and the President of the United States without being elected to either office.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

Nov 24 2015
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Government, Places

Fact #984: An organization in India prints a zero-rupee note to help fight corruption. The notes are paid in protest by angry citizens to government officials who solicit bribes for services that are supposed to be free.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_rupee_note

Nov 16 2015
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Government, Places

Fact #978: The governments of 12 countries around the world actually regulate the names parents can give to their child.

The reasons for the laws vary dramatically by country: many Scandinavian democracies regulate names out of concern for the child’s reputation and well-being. On the other hand, Morocco, for instance, banned ethnic Berber names for years.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/smuggled-untaxed-cigarettes-are-everywhere-in-new-york-city-6717621

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