The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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Water is actually naturally blue.
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Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
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It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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