An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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Those things you see in your eyes when you stare into space are called Mouches Voltanes, which are also broadly referenced to as Floaters.
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Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.
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