If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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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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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
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You can start a fire with ice.
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