The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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