An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match.
73
We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
26
It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
33
The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
71
The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
10
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.
13
The glue on Israeli stamps is certified kosher.
67