Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.
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There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
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More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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In 21 U.S. states, WALMART is the single largest employer.
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On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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