Random Interesting Facts

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    Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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    The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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    Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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    The water between India and Sri Lanka is only 3-30 feet deep and was purportedly passable on foot until 1480 AD when a cyclone moved some sand around.
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    The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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    Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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