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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There are 53 Lego bricks manufactured for each person in the world.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.
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It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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