The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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In an average hour, there are over 61,000 Americans airborne over the United States.
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