"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.
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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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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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