An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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