It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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The average person eats almost 1500 pounds of food a year.
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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
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If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.
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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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