The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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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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