Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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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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In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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