The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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You can start a fire with ice.
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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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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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