The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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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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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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The most collected calls are made on Father's Day.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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