20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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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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The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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