SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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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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It is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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