The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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