The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Standard paper cannot be folded in half more than 7 times.
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On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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It's impossible to sink in the Dead Sea without equipment!
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Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.
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