The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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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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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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