Results: Miscellaneous Factoids (Part 17)

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Did you know the world record for the most toppings on a cooked pizza is 27, set by Catrific on RecordSetter Kids, while a different record exists for the most cheese varieties, with 254 types on a pizza by Déliss Pizza in France ?
Yes
7%
120 votes
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93%
1581 votes
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Did you know the first food-type items consumed on the Moon refers to Buzz Aldrin's private celebration of Holy Communion inside the Apollo 11 lunar module on July 20, 1969 ? (It refers to shortly after landing done as a personal act of thanks to God for the mission's success before stepping out, involving pre-packaged bread and wine from his church. He kept it quiet due to a previous lawsuit, but later described it as the first food and liquid consumed on the Moon, reading scripture and giving thanks during a scheduled rest period.)
Yes
10%
173 votes
No
90%
1528 votes
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Did you know people used bread as erasers before rubber ones were invented ? (Typically using slightly moistened, balled-up pieces of stale white bread to lift graphite or charcoal from paper, a common practice from the 17th to late 18th centuries. This method worked by the bread's soft texture absorbing the pencil marks, but it was messy, eventually replaced by rubber after an accidental discovery in 1770 by Edward Nairne, who found rubber worked much better.)
Yes
14%
235 votes
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86%
1466 votes
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Did you know the typewriter's invention is credited to American Christopher Latham Sholes, who patented the first commercially successful model in 1868 with partners Carlos Glidden and Samuel Soule, leading to the Remington Typewriter in 1873, which established the familiar QWERTY keyboard layout ?
Yes
13%
219 votes
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87%
1482 votes
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Did you know the first commercial music CD pressed in the U.S. was Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. in September 1984, at the new Sony DADC plant in Terre Haute, Indiana, making it the first CD from an American facility ?
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249 votes
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85%
1452 votes

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