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Test your knowledge with a collection of surprising, counterintuitive facts from science, history, and the world around us — every answer sounds too strange to be true, yet each is backed by a real source.

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In 37 BC, the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro warned people to avoid swamps because of what he believed lived there?

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Mind blowing facts trivia questions brings together 15 multiple-choice questions about mind-blowing facts trivia. This medium-difficulty set belongs to the general trivia collection and is designed for a quick, replayable way to test what you know while discovering a few unexpected facts.

The set includes prompts such as “In 37 BC, the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro warned people to avoid swamps because of what he believed lived there?”, “What type of weapon was 'Little Boy,' the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?” and “About how long ago did the star system known as Scholz's Star pass through the outskirts of our Solar System?”. Read each question carefully, choose an answer, and use the explanation after each round to learn the context behind the correct choice. You can also challenge a friend to the same topic when you are ready for a head-to-head trivia duel.

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  • In 37 BC, the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro warned people to avoid swamps because of what he believed lived there?
  • What type of weapon was 'Little Boy,' the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
  • About how long ago did the star system known as Scholz's Star pass through the outskirts of our Solar System?
  • The Oxford Electric Bell has been running nearly continuously since which year?
  • How did Byzantine Emperor Basil I die in 886?
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  1. In 37 BC, the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro warned people to avoid swamps because of what he believed lived there?
  2. What type of weapon was 'Little Boy,' the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
  3. About how long ago did the star system known as Scholz's Star pass through the outskirts of our Solar System?
  4. The Oxford Electric Bell has been running nearly continuously since which year?
  5. How did Byzantine Emperor Basil I die in 886?
  6. Which 'blind' king famously died fighting at the Battle of Crécy in 1346?
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  1. What was Luke Skywalker's original surname in early Star Wars scripts?
  2. Who is credited with discovering stainless steel, originally called 'rustless steel'?
  3. After winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens worked in which menial job?
  4. At the Olympic Games of AD 67, the Roman Emperor Nero competed as what?
  5. In Rwanda, 'Umuganda' is a national holiday requiring citizens to do what?
  6. Psychologist George M. Stratton famously wore special glasses that did what to his vision?
  7. The name 'Idaho' was presented to Congress as a Shoshone word meaning what?
  8. In 1982, 10-year-old American Samantha Smith wrote a letter to which Soviet leader?
  9. Canada's one-dollar coin is nicknamed the 'loonie' because of what?

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