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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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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