Less than 3% of the water produced at a large municipal water treatment plant is used for drinking purposes!
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The chills you sometimes feel when listening to music is called "musical frisson."
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