The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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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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Play-Doh was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner.
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