The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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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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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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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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The higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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