The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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