You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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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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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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If you chew gum when you study a subject and then chew the same flavor when you take the test, it will help you remember!
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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