An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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GTA V achieved $1 billion in sales just 3 days after its launch.
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An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
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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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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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