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    A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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    85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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    There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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    30 years ago, you could buy a lifetime, unlimited first-class travel pass with American Airlines for $250,000.
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    An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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    An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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    Increased Creativity
    Increased Creativity
    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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