The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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