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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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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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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