"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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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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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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