Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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