The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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