The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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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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Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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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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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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