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    Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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    Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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    Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet.
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    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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    The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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    62% of us pop our zits.
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