The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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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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