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".
10
A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over.
170
Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
23
More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
51
Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
105
22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.
118
The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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