In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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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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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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