Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.
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The scent of women’s tears temporarily reduces sexual arousal and testosterone production in men.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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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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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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