The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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In Dubai, there’s a fridge magnet that orders a pizza delivered to your door.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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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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The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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