The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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80% of millionaires drive used cars.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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