The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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Play-Doh was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner.
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The majority of suicides occur on a Monday.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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