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Did you know “strengths” is the longest word in the English language with one vowel? With nine letters and eight of them being consonants, “strengths” is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel, according to the Guinness World Records. Which, on reflection, makes it a really weird looking word.

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Did you know bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper? If you can’t wait to pop every air-filled pocket the minute you pull a piece of bubble wrap out of a package, can you imagine how irresistible it would be if it were covering your walls? Engineer Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Marc Chavannes probably didn’t consider that when, in 1957, they invented bubble wrap while trying to create a textured wallpaper by sealing two shower curtains together to trap air bubbles.

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Did you know it took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve the cube after creating it? As of June 2018, the world record is 4.22 seconds.

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Did you know the top speed of the winning car in the first U.S. race was seven miles per hour? Frank Duryea reached a top speed of 7 mph when he raced the second car he had ever built with his brother, Charles, on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1895. The Chicago-Times Herald sponsored race featured a 54-mile course that ran from downtown Chicago to Evanston and back.

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Did you know Chenab Bridge, built on River Chenab in Jammu, is the highest rail bridge in the world? The jaw-dropping bridge is 1,178 feet above the water. If you’re afraid of heights, you might want to skip this one!

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