Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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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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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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