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According to a recent report from the FCC, the average cable bill rose four times the rate of inflation in 2012. More than three-quarters of American households have no choice in a local cable provider.

The emperor penguin can dive to a depth of 1,850 ft (565 m) - deeper than any other bird, and deeper than the operational range of most naval submarines.

The first drinking straw was designed to have a diameter slightly smaller than the typical lemon pip, as the inventor was tired of getting lemon seeds in his mouth when drinking lemonade.

when Einstein was told of the publication of a book entitled, '100 Authors Against Einstein', he replied: "Why one hundred? If I were wrong, one would have been enough."

New ultrafast camera from MIT makes it possible to see how light moves. It captures a trillion fps.

There have been over 200 flavors of Kit-Kat in Japan

The shortest distance between 2 London underground stations is the slightly more than length of 2 football fields, but it costs $7.26 dollars to travel.

London has the largest number of billionaires in the world and twice as many as the UAE.

London has one of the largest bus networks in the world, with 19,500 bus stops and approximately 8,500 buses.

In 2011, London's buses traveled approximately 302 million miles in service; that's 12,128 times the circumference of the earth.

12 African nations have come together pledging to build a 9 mile wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 4750 miles, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.

Michael Bay's response to his critics opinions of him. "I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime."

Computer Keyboards can carry more than 200 times as many bacteria as a toilet seat.

The birthday paradox says that in a group of just 23 people, there's a 50% chance that at least two will have the same birthday.

Students who chew gum have better math test scores than those who do not, a study found.

The postage stamp of The Statue of Liberty depicts not the real statue in New York, but the replica in Las Vegas.