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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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    Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
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    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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    In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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    In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
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    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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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    According to an assistant professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, wearing red increases your chances in things like dating and hitchhiking.
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