The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
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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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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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