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    Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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    Grumpy Cat
    Grumpy Cat
    The cat featured in the popular internet meme "grumpy cat" has a permanently grumpy face due to feline dwarfism. Her real name is Tardar Sauce.
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    In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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    The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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    Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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    More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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    Beowulf Mansion
    Beowulf Mansion
    There's a rentable mansion that's located where Beowulf was based.
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    In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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