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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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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