Epic facts

1. Roger Waters from Pink Floyd wrote 'Comfortably Numb' after getting sick at a show in Philadelphia and receiving a mystery shot from a doctor.

1. Costco sells 157,000 rotisserie chickens each day, on average, for a total of 87 million sold in 2017.

1. Laos is the most heavily bombed nation in history, with the US secretly dropping an average of 8 bombs a minute for 9 years during the Vietnam war.

1. In the 60's US Army did an experiment, where two people Dave Dobson and Bob Selden without nuclear training had to design a nuke with only access to publicly available documents. They succeeded.

1. "Earth Simulator" is one of the most powerful supercomputers on the planet with nearly 35 trillion operations per second and it's used to model Earth's Climate.

1. The thief of America’s first bank robbery who stole the sum of $162,821, was caught because he deposited the money back into the same bank.

1. The keys to the holiest site in Christianity (Church of the holy Sepulchre) are held by a Muslim family that opens the church every morning. Meant to keep the peace between the denominations, this arrangement has been in place since 1187 A.D.

01. The London Underground has its own subspecies of mosquito, which is more aggressive towards humans than its surface-dwelling relative. #london #underground #subspecies #animal #science #knowledge #education #bizarre #strange

Fact Republic is where curiosity meets clarity. Discover random, history, and uncommon facts about everyday life. Uncover the unbelievable and unknown