The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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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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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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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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