A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
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'X' became symbolic for a kiss because in the middle ages when alot of people were illiterate and they used to sign documents with an X and then kiss it for sincerity.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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