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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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    Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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    There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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    You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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    The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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    If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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