According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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