Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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By peeing in the shower, you can save 1,157 gallons of water a year.
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The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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