The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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