In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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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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'X' became symbolic for a kiss because in the middle ages when alot of people were illiterate and they used to sign documents with an X and then kiss it for sincerity.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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