Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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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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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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