Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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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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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don't.
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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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