More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
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The mile is Latin for 1,000. The number of paces it took the average Roman!
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It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
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All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
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Water is actually naturally blue.
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In 2003, the U.S. Government spent about $2,000,000.00 on potato research!
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The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
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