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    Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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    By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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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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    A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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    The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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    Beowulf Mansion
    Beowulf Mansion
    There's a rentable mansion that's located where Beowulf was based.
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    More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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    You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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