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    Beowulf Mansion
    Beowulf Mansion
    There's a rentable mansion that's located where Beowulf was based.
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    Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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    Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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    The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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    Invention of the Microwave
    Invention of the Microwave
    The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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    GTA V achieved $1 billion in sales just 3 days after its launch.
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    There are 86,400 seconds in a day.
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    In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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