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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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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