The number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.
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"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
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The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
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If you dropped an aerodynamic object (such as a bullet) from the Empire State Building, you could kill someone.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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Stilts were invented by French shepherds who needed a way to get around in wet marshes.
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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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