Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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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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Caffeine boosts memory.
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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Anuptaphobia is the fear of staying single.
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More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.
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Chrysler built B-29's that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star.
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