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    Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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    Ancient Europeans Were Lactose Intolerant Thousands of Years after They Started Making Cheese
    For 4,000 years after they started making cheese, Ancient Europeans were lactose intolerant.
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    Most streets in Japan do not have names.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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    The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth is named after the Danish King Harald "Bluetooth" who ate so many blueberries that his teeth stained blue. The wireless protocol is named after him because of his ability to unite warring Scandinavian factions, just as Bluetooth unites wireless devices. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of the King's runic initials.
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    Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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