The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
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The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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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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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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