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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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
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