Random Interesting Facts

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    Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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    Most streets in Japan do not have names.
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    Mangoes enhance a marijuana high, allowing users to get ‘higher’ more effectively.
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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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    Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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    On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
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