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Water tastes stale when left out overnight because it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air.
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The rainbow eucalyptus tree, found in New Guinea, Indonesia and Philippines grows to over 200 feet (60 m) tall.
Will Smith doesn't curse in his raps because his grandma once told him not to.
In 2006, a court in Massachusetts ruled that burritos are not a type of sandwich.
Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock," is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character.
Harvard makes so much money from the interest on its endowment that even if the school gave free tuition to all of its students it would still make a profit.
A study of over 11,000 children determined that an overly hygienic environment increases the risk of eczema and asthma.
The Church of Scientology now owns the "Cult Awareness Network" after they sued the originally one for calling them a cult.
The online encyclopaedia dedicated to Lego is called ‘Brickipedia'.
Mice sing like birds, but humans can't hear them.
100,000 wild tigers roamed Asia a century ago, but today their numbers have fallen to around 3,200 due to poaching.
Almost 50% of adults in England can't do basic maths.
The earliest surviving written music is a Hurrian hymn which date to approximately 1400 BC.
The bubbles in champagne are, essentially, yeast farts.
The U.S. Air Force's C-5 plane is so enormous it can transport a submarine.
Philosopher René Descartes is most well known for the saying "I think, therefore I am," but he also developed the XY-coordinate system.
Abraham Lincoln was the First President to appear on a U.S. coin.
The 1989 article that proposed the acronym LOL also suggested using ‘H' to mean ‘Huh?'
In 1912, as a young man, former president of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh worked as the cook's helper on a ship bound for the U.S.
60% of Americans order food for takeout or delivery at least once a week.
Actor Gene Wilder died at home while listening to one of his favorite songs, "Over the Rainbow" sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
The first ballpoint pens in America sold for US$12.50, the equivalent of US$164 today.
If you weighed 150 lb (68 kg) on Earth, you would weigh 57 lb (26 kg) on Mercury or Mars.
"Surprise me" were the last words of the 100 year-old, legendary comedian Bob Hope, responding to his wife's question regarding where he would like to be buried.