Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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