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    If you flip a coin ten times, the odds against its coming up with the same side showing each time are 1,023 to 1.
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    In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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    A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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    Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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    A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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    Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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