Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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