The world is filled with fun and amazing facts. But have you ever wondered how many facts there are that you didn’t know about? Check out these 100 amazing facts if you love teasing your brain with trivia.
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Tootsie Rolls were used as emergency rations in WWII.
Here’s the first on our list of amazing facts. This candy was added to every soldier’s rations due to their ability to hold out in various weather conditions. This was also one of the first candies at the time to be wrapped individually.
Marie Curie is the only person with two Nobel prizes in different sciences.
The two awards she received were a Nobel prize for the field of physics and chemistry. Her award in physics was shared with her husband, Pierre Curie.
A solar eclipse helped end a six-year war in 583 BCE.
Here’s one of many amazing facts about the solar eclipse for you. The Battle of Halys is the earliest historical event ever recorded where a solar eclipse occurs. This war was also known as the Battle of the Eclipse.
Atlanta has 71 streets with the word ‘Peachtree’ in it.
Some of these roads include Peachtree lane and Peachtree Creek road. This name is used to honor the memory of the Civil War Battle of Peachtree Creek.
The name for the Boston Celtics was chosen over the options of Whirlwinds and Olympians.
Unicorns were also another name choice for the team. The name was decided on in 1946 by the team owner Walter Brown.
Topeka, Kansas renamed itself ‘ToPikachu’ for a day.
This was done to honor the debut of Pokemon in the U.S. Additionally, the state of Kansas also airdropped Pokemon toys to children.
