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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There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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In 21 U.S. states, WALMART is the single largest employer.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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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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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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