The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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In 21 U.S. states, WALMART is the single largest employer.
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There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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