Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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The higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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