The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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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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You can immediately cool down a car that has been sitting under the sun by rolling down the window on one side and opening-closing the door on the other side 5-6 times.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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