Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning process.
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Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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Since 1982, a radio frequency emanating from Russia has been broadcasting a buzzer-like sound and, periodically, an unknown voice reads orders, names, and numbers. No one knows where exactly it is coming from or what it means.
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