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    A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
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    Play-Doh was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner.
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    It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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    All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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    The World Ship
    The World Ship
    There's a cruise ship named "The World" where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.
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    There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.
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    It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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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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