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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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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Babies are born without knee caps.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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Dartboards are made out of horsehairs.
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