The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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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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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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In 2011, an elderly woman from Memphis who ordered pizza everyday for 3 years straight was saved by a delivery woman when she failed to place an order for 3 days.
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In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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