Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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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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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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