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 roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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There is a fake village with fake shops and restaurants that is actually a care home for elderly dementia sufferers in the Netherlands.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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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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