On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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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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To get a song out of your head, try doing something like a puzzle or Sudoku.
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You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.
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