‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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'X' became symbolic for a kiss because in the middle ages when alot of people were illiterate and they used to sign documents with an X and then kiss it for sincerity.
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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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