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.

An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

The world's record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min.

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