The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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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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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!
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