Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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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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Tsunamis ( tidal waves ) travel as fast as jet planes.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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'X' became symbolic for a kiss because in the middle ages when alot of people were illiterate and they used to sign documents with an X and then kiss it for sincerity.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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