The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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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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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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