It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
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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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There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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