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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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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