In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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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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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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