160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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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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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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