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.
72
The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.
78
The scent of women’s tears temporarily reduces sexual arousal and testosterone production in men.
12
All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
38
Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
12
The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
244
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
121
If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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