The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
10
The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet.
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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
10
Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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