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 French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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You can start a fire with ice.
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