Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.
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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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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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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 first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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