The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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Water is actually naturally blue.
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The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
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