The top sales at Walmart as a storm approaches are Pop-Tarts and beer.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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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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Linen can absorb up to 20 times its weight in moisture before it feels damp!
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There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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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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