You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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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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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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