A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over.
170
The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
34
At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
30
When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
282
There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
50
You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
209
Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
14