The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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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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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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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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