The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
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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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There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
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In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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