If you took a standard slinky and stretched it out it would measure 87 feet.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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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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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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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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