A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.

Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter.

To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water is needed.

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