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    School Janitors in Japan
    School Janitors in Japan
    Most Japanese schools don't have dedicated janitors. Instead, children do the daily cleaning, which originated from the Buddhist traditions that associate cleaning with morality.
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    There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing exercises your heart, lungs, and releases endorphins which make you feel good.
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    The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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    A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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    In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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