Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
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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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