More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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