It is estimated that there are over 3 million undiscovered shipwrecks in the world's oceans.

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Food tastes different on a plane than on the ground. This is because low air pressure and humidity at high altitudes dull our senses of taste and smell.

A man named Joel Burger married a woman named Ashley King in 2015. Burger King paid for their wedding.

Hawaiian pizza didn’t come from Hawaii - it was actually invented in Canada by a Greek chef inspired by Chinese flavours.

In Germany, Austria, Mexico, and the Netherlands, prison escape isn’t a crime - lawmakers recognize the instinct for freedom, so there’s no extra penalty unless other crimes are committed along the way.

Research shows that we are indeed prone to repeating mistakes, often due to habitual patterns and cognitive biases.

The phrase 'bite the bullet' originated from the practice of patients biting down on a bullet to endure pain when anesthesia was unavailable in battle. Its first recorded use was in 1891.

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