When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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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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If left alone, 70% of birthmarks gradually fade away.
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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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