The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
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People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
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