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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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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62% of us pop our zits.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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If you're one in a million, there are about 7,234 people just like you.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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