Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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The 'L.L.' in L.L. Bean stands for 'Leon Leonwood'.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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The song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', sung by the Beatles, refers to an orphanage located in Liverpool.
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By peeing in the shower, you can save 1,157 gallons of water a year.
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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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