The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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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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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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