Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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Water is actually naturally blue.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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80% of millionaires drive used cars.
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