Interesting Facts
All kinds of interesting facts that are intriguing and good to know. Get up to speed on the latest interesting trivia.
In Dubai, there’s a fridge magnet that orders a pizza delivered to your door.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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‘Qatar’ is the world's most expensive bar of soap. Infused with gold and diamond powder, it costs a squeaky clean $2,800.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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The top sales at Walmart as a storm approaches are Pop-Tarts and beer.
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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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