In Dubai, there’s a fridge magnet that orders a pizza delivered to your door.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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