SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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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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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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