"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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