Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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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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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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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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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
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