In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
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The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
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Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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