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    The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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    Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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    The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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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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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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    WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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    There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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