The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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