When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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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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