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    The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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    Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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    Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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    Water is actually naturally blue.
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    By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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    "Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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