The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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'X' became symbolic for a kiss because in the middle ages when alot of people were illiterate and they used to sign documents with an X and then kiss it for sincerity.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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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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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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