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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In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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