Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth! "
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Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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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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The higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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