The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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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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The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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