There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
121
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
66
The oldest living person smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 to 117.
13
NYC's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) dumps old subway cars into the ocean to serve as artificial reef.
8
In 1997, a survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
48
It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
22
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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