Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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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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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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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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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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