The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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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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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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