The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats!
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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The higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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