More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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Mentally doing a task makes you better at it. Your mind can barely tell the difference.
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Extremely high pressured water can easily cut through a steel beam.
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