The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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68 percent of a Hostess Twinkie is air!
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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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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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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