Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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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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