An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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