On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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