Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated in France.
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By peeing in the shower, you can save 1,157 gallons of water a year.
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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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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