The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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