By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
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An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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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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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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