The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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