You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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