The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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