The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
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Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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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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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.
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The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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