The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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Cash machines are as dirty as public toilets.
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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