Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
10
The yin-yang pattern's earliest use is in Rome - not China!
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
15
When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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Cash machines are as dirty as public toilets.
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More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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