More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
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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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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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