A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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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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There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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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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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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