People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of one aspirin tablet.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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