When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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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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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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Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
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If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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