The city of Nottingham in England was the first city to have Braille signs (signs for the blind) in its shopping malls for the blind.

The largest hailstone ever recorded in the U.S. was 17.5 inches around.

Murphy beds have been attributed as the cause of people's deaths before. Most recently in 2005 when two women were trapped and suffocated to the death by their Murphy bed.

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