You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.
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The search engine Google got its name from the word 'googol', which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
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During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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