Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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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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Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
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Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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