Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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The small pocket in the larger pocket of your jeans was designed for pocket watches.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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Babies are born without knee caps.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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