In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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