Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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