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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The cruise liner, 'Queen Elizabeth 2', moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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Ninety-nine percent of pumpkins sold in the United States are for the sole purpose of decoration.
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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The 1 yen coin can be used as a weight, because it weighs exactly one gram. Also, it can float on water.
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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