"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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Studies show that the colder the room you sleep in, the more likely you are to have a bad dream.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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You can start a fire with ice.
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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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