The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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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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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
23
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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