When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.
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The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
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The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.
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A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully functional wood burning stove.
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An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!
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