The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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If you're one in a million, there are about 7,234 people just like you.
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The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
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In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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