In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Play-Doh was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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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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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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