Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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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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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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