Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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A real estate agent's rule of thumb: To estimate what a house will sell for, ask the owner what its worth and subtract 10%.
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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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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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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.
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