Over its lifetime, the average microwave requires more energy to display a digital clock than to heat food.
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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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Couples' personalities converge over time to make partners more and more similar.
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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