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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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    85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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    Napping After Learning
    Napping After Learning
    Taking a nap after learning something can help your retention of it.
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    Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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    On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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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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    The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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