The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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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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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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