Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
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More than 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
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Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone!
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If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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