An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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The hole in the soda can tab is actually used to hold a straw in place and stop it from rising.
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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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The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
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There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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