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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
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The most expensive license plate is the number '1', bought by an Abu Dhabi businessman - costing a staggering $14.3 million!
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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