Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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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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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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