Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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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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