A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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