Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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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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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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You can immediately cool down a car that has been sitting under the sun by rolling down the window on one side and opening-closing the door on the other side 5-6 times.
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Wearing red increases attraction.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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