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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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides.
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