Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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