Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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