Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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You can immediately cool down a car that has been sitting under the sun by rolling down the window on one side and opening-closing the door on the other side 5-6 times.
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