The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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According to the New York Times, a study conducted during the 1980's found that men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Cash machines are as dirty as public toilets.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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