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    Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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    The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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    Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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    You can start a fire with ice.
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    It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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    In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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    Increased Creativity
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    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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