The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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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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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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