Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
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It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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In an average hour, there are over 61,000 Americans airborne over the United States.
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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