Fun Facts1 provides FredWiki with a lists of strange, odd, interesting, or otherwise "FUN" facts about the Fredericksburg area. Here is a place to link in odd pages that just don't fit in any other category, or point to pages with a "Fun Fact" in context.Also see (or contribute to) the Oddities, Strange News, Interesting Pages, Interesting Pages List, and Weird Local Pronunciations. Some material here may be duplicative because other pages may be alphabetical or otherwise "Organized".

I DID NOT KNOW THAT

  • President James Monroe, who studied law under Thomas Jefferson, practiced law in Fredericksburg, Va.
  • From Fun Facts On HallowedGround.org
    • "There are 215 million year old dinosaur tracks in Culpeper County. They are the largest number of tracks found at any single site in the world."
    • "George Washington was the official Culpeper County surveyor from 1749-1751. He was 17 years old."

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REALLY WEIRD STUFF

  • "Stonewall Jackson was wounded by friendly fire while riding back to his lines during the Battle of Chancellorsville. His arm was shattered and had to be amputated at the Wilderness Tavern which had been converted to a field hospital. His arm was rescued from the disposal pile by the chaplain of Jackson's corps and buried in a nearby family plot at Ellwood." 2

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1. with apologies to The David Letterman Show
2. Off The Wll Tours

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