These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Aztec Education

Cambridge University is very impressive and very old. In fact, the university is older than the entire Aztec empire! The school was founded in 1209 by King Henry III. The school is the second-oldest higher education institution in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving higher education institution. Not to mention how beautiful it is!

Beethoven Washington

Beethoven was one of the best musicians and songwriters of all time. By contrast, George Washington was the first President of the United States. Did you know that both were alive at the same time? They weren't even that far apart. When George Washington was about 40, Beethoven had just been born. How greatness overlaps!

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  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
  • The patient in the game Operation has a name.
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
  • One area of Canada has a weaker gravitational pull than the rest of Earth.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.