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At more than 3.3 million square miles, the Sahara Desert is as large as the world's next 20 largest hot deserts combined. -
Bubble wrap was first manufactured to be sold as wall paper. -
Osama Bin Laden was a 'CIA' agent in the 1980s. -
Tickling was actually a real form of torture used in ancient China on nobility, simply because it left no mark and the recovery was quick. -
Ernest Hemingway once wrote a six-word short story - It read, "For sale: baby shoes, never used." -
Jackie Chan is also a pop star, having released 20 studio albums. He often sings the theme songs of his own movies. -
According to the "law of urination", all mammals - regardless of bladder size - pee for 21 seconds! -
A teaspoon of honey is the lifework of 12 bees! -
Arnold Sommerfield, a theoretical physicist, was doctoral supervisor to 4 physicists who went on to win Nobel Prizes in physics, and academic supervisor to 2 others who also won. He himself was nominated 81 times.
Despite of his hard work, he was never able to achieve the big prize, and hence, died without a Nobel Prize.
