In 1972, Fidel Castro gifted an island to East Germany. While East Germany was abolished in 1990, the island didn't reunite with West Germany, meaning the GDR technically still exists.
There are 10^120 different chess combinations (yup, a 1 with 120 zeros). For comparison, there are 10^80 atoms in the observable universe, meaning there are 10 duodecillion times more chess combinations.
As a reaction to a pandemic among cows, German politician Harald Ringstorff signed a new law named Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
Hulk was supposed to be gray, but during the time Stan Lee created him, gray was hard to print, forcing him to change the raging giant‘s color to green.
The shortest war in history was between England and Zanzibar. Zanzibar wanted independence, but their cannons were dogshit, making them lose in 38 minutes.