You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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If you're one in a million, there are about 7,234 people just like you.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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