A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
15
On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
33
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
The scent of women’s tears temporarily reduces sexual arousal and testosterone production in men.
12
When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
240
One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.
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