Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
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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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Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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