A pipe 2 feet in diameter will allow four times more fluid to pass through it than a pipe 1 foot in diameter.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.
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The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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