Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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Speed dating was invented by a Rabbi in 1999.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
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Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
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A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
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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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