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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Any domino can knock over another object up to 1.5x its size. The 32nd object would be big enough to knock over the Empire State Building.
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Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
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The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.
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In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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