A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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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 best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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