When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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