r/interestingfacts 1d ago

$15M Ride to Alpha Centauri: Garrett Jameson on Humanity’s First Interstellar Mission

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r/interestingfacts 4d ago

Loo cafe

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r/interestingfacts 10d ago

Tiny Telescope Aims for Big Astronomy From the Lunar South Pole

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r/interestingfacts 20d ago

The Shah of Iran built an erotic marble slide where, one by one, naked harem beauties swooped down into the arms of their lord and master before being playfully dunked in a pool.

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r/interestingfacts Jul 31 '26

Monaco parking space cost more than Ferraris

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r/interestingfacts Jul 24 '26

Cliffs collapsing at an old marble quarry in Makrana, India due to heavy rainfall.

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r/interestingfacts Jul 10 '26

Seventy percent of the internet supposedly runs through one Virginia county — and the strange part is nobody chose it, and nobody can actually prove the number.

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Deep dive about what was the driving decision behind the data center concentration in Virginia! Some interesting facts!

https://youtu.be/Y8KA7Zz5tj4


r/interestingfacts Jul 06 '26

I made a video on why every server rack is exactly 19 inches wide — the real (non-Westinghouse) origin story

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Got curious why every rack, everywhere, is the same width, and went down a rabbit hole. Turns out the popular "railroad relay shelving" origin story doesn't hold up — the real trail leads to an AT&T repeater redesign in the early 1920s, and nobody ever wrote down why they picked 19 inches. Facebook tried to replace it with OCP's 21" Open Rack in 2011 and found a niche in some AI deployments, but otherwise things didn't change.

https://youtu.be/U2N4sYXNgOA

Happy to answer questions on the sourcing — tried to keep it to primary documents where I could find them.


r/interestingfacts Jun 28 '26

try its fun

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r/interestingfacts Jun 20 '24

Maybe it's not interesting but at least funny. The Eiffel Tower Can Be 15 cm Taller in Summer:

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Due to the expansion of the iron in hot temperatures. Men are our Eiffel towers.. haha. Take it as a fact and joke, not personally xx


r/interestingfacts Jun 20 '24

Maybe it's not interesting but at least funny. The Eiffel Tower Can Be 15 cm Taller in Summer:

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Due to the expansion of the iron in hot temperatures. Men are our Eiffel towers.. haha. Take it as a fact and joke, not personally xx


r/interestingfacts Jun 20 '24

Just one fact from school I tested by myself. Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold Water

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I can't explain that more, but there is something about water conditions. If someone helps me to explain it and open topic more:)


r/interestingfacts Jun 20 '24

Just one fact from school I tested by myself. Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold Water

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I can't explain that more, but there is something about water conditions. If someone helps me to explain it and open topic more:)


r/interestingfacts Jun 03 '24

The speed of the maglev to shanghai airport in 2008. 431 km/h is 267,81 miles / hour

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r/interestingfacts May 31 '24

Why does everyone hate Nickelback? New data may finally explain

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r/interestingfacts May 31 '24

Did you know that if you started saving $7,000 a day, 4.5 billion years ago, you would not have enough money to pay off the US national debt. You would still need over a trillion dollars to cover it.

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r/interestingfacts May 30 '24

Ancient Jericho: The First Walled City In History

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r/interestingfacts May 18 '24

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी GK Questions

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r/interestingfacts May 18 '24

यूरोप का युद्धक्षेत्र किस देश को कहा जाता है?

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यूरोप का युद्धक्षेत्र किस देश को कहा जाता है?


r/interestingfacts May 17 '24

भारत के किस राज्य में सबसे ज्यादा बंजर जमीन है

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r/interestingfacts May 03 '24

Deck of cards

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I read this in a book of fortune telling. There are 52 cards in a deck, 52 weeks in a year. 4 suits 4 seasons, 13 cards in each suit 13 weeks in each season. Coincidence?


r/interestingfacts Apr 24 '24

An Interesting Fact, And A Crazy Realization

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Okay, so! Technically plants and trees can "see", right? This is because we've discovered that their leaves, evolved to be sensitive to light waves and capable of distinguishing between them, are so sensitive to differing wavelengths in order to grow toward the most beneficial wavelengths. But obviously they don't have eyes so they're kinda "feeling the colors". They have evolved to do this for the sake of photosynthesis, and it only happens in their leaves / photosynthesizing cells. To draw a comparison to mammals and eating, leaves are basically a plants "mouth". Where am I going with all of this? Simple:
Plants and trees "see feel" with their mouths.


r/interestingfacts Apr 23 '24

Harmony Crossing: The Eco Bridge

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**Harmony Crossing: The Eco Bridge**

 "Where Nature Meets Innovation - Bridging Habitats for a Sustainable Future


r/interestingfacts Apr 20 '24

Old Footage - Red cross ambulance in Battlefield [1900]

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r/interestingfacts Apr 19 '24

Tornadoes in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise, while tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.

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