According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.
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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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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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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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