Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.
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Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
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In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
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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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It is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.
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