Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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