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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Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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The name Joshua is Hebrew for 'Jesus'.
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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