In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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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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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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