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| A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119. |
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| A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine. |
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| A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery. |
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| A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven. |
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| A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere. |
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| About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. |
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| Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density. |
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| Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined. |
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| Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic. |
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| All babies are color blind when they are born. |
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| Americans did not commonly use forks until after the Civil War. |
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| An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs. |
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| An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. |
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| An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. |
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| Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is 'Crash Course'! |
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| Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. |
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| Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever. |
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| Astronauts get taller when they are in space. |
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| Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers. |
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| Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old. |
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| Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster. |
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| Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen. |
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| Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million. |
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| Buttermilk does not contain any butter. |
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| By partially filling saucers with vinegar and distributing the saucers around a room, you can eliminate odors. |
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| Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'. |
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| Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats! |
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| Cleopatra married two of her brothers. |
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| Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans. |
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| Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'" |
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| Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste. |
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| During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces. |
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| Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States. |
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| Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks. |
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| Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes. |
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| From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size. |
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| Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones. |
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| George Washington grew marijuana in his garden. |
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| In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin. |
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| In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes. |
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| In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year. |
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| Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution. |
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| Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do. |
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| It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States. |
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| It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times. |
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| King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie. |
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| Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process. |
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| Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards. |
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| Malcolm X's original name is Malcolm Little. |
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| Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning. |
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| Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth. |
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| Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation. |
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| Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin. |
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| Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle. |
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| New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco. |
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| Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world. |
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| Nylon is made from coal and petroleum. |
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| Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire. |
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| On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid. |
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| On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months. |
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| One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water. |
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| Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry. |
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| Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers. |
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| Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays. |
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| Rapper LL Cool J's name is short for ‘Ladies Love Cool James’. |
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| Reno, Nevada is actually west of Los Angeles, California. |
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| Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches. |
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| Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them. |
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| Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze. |
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| Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world. |
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| Teflon is the slipperiest substance in the world. |
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| The 'King Ranch' in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. |
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| The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling! |
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| The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. |
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