Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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A typical lead pencil can draw a line that is 35 miles long.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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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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