The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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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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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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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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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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