The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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Wearing red increases attraction.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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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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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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