The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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The small pocket in the larger pocket of your jeans was designed for pocket watches.
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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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