The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
30
A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
32
Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
198
The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
47
Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
13
The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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