Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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