The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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