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    The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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    Invention of the Microwave
    Invention of the Microwave
    The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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    The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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    Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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    A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
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    Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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    The Pittsburgh Steelers were originally called the Pirates.
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