On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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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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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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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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