"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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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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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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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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Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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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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