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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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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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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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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