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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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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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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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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If you get water flowing fast enough, it can cut metal.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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