The top sales at Walmart as a storm approaches are Pop-Tarts and beer.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.
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According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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