People who laugh more are better able to tolerate pain - both physical and emotional.
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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