The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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