The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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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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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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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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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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