On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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