The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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