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    Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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    Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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    No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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    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 name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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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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    In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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