Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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