The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
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If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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An artist in Iowa named Patrick Acton built a complete model of Hogwarts out of matchsticks.
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A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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