An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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