A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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