Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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