The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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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 harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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