Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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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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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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