An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth!
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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