Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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In an average hour, there are over 61,000 Americans airborne over the United States.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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