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.

The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in 1953.

Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.

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