40 Sincere Bits of Trivia That You Can Trust (For Real This Time)

Apologies for that last list, you guys. Our regular fact checker was away on vacation and the new guy let one pesky little myth past him. It’s no excuse, though. All we can do now is promise that he’ll never work in this town again, and that every single fact will be highly scrutinized moving forward.
Because as they say, one bad fact spoils the whole bunch.
Hydrangeas

Andy Serkis

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Bats

Angelina Jolie

The Eternals

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India

Polar Bears

Water Hemlock

Source: US Dept. of Agriculture
The USPS

Iceland

Mythology

Blockbuster

James Cameron

Ghosting

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Aladdin

Source: FilmSchoolRejects
Boris Johnson

via The Guardian,
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The Invariant Right

Botswana

Spider-Man 3

Shirley MacLaine

Weaponized Fruit

The Wright Brothers

Bonnie and Clyde

Lithuanian Crowdfunding

Snapchat

The Usual Suspects

Friends

Terrence Howard

Eddie Gaedel

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Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks

Harry Potter

Source: Yahoo
Pupils

Ketchup

Jackie Coogan

Dave Chappelle

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Battleship

Saints

The Moon

Source: BBC
9/11

Jeremy Clarkson
