The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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