The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
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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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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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