Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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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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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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In a year approximately 900 million trees are cut down to make the raw materials needed for American pulp mills and paper.
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About two hundred babies are born worldwide every minute.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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In Finland, Valentine's Day is called "Ystävänpäivä" which translates into "Friend's day".
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