The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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