Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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