Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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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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At 90 degrees below zero, your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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